#process flowchart

A process flowchart, first developed by Frank Gilbreth in 1921, diagrams each step and decision point in a business process. This guide covers four practical use cases, three creation methods from pen and paper to BPM software, and real examples from employee onboarding, document approval, and incident response.

BPMN, UML, flowcharts, and data flow diagrams each serve different business process modeling needs. This guide compares nine techniques from Henry Gantt's original charts to modern Colored Petri Nets.