Process Map and Flow Chart Symbols require particular symbols. See what’s needed in order to draw a process map.
Process Maps and Flow Chart Symbols Overview
Start/ Stop:
The start and stop point in the process is denoted by this symbol and is often known as the Terminator.
Process Step:
One of the most often used symbols in a process map, a process step denotes a task or activity of the process.
Decision:
It denotes the points where decisions are needed in the process, or the phases with two options like yes/ no or pass/ fail.
Delays:
The symbol D denotes the delays in the process.
Flow Line Connectors:
The movement in the process is shown using the Flow Line Connectors that show the direction in which the process flows.
Storage:
The storage and filling variables are shown using an inverse triangle
More Process Map and Flow Chart Symbols
Connectors:
In order to draw many flow lines crossing each other and making the process map messy, Connectors are used to show that one point connects with another. Connectors provide an easy reference in the process map.
Outgoing Off-page Connector:
It serves as a bridge to connect the process to the other page
Sub-routine:
It represents a formally predefined process.
Document:
It represents the process steps that produce a document
Data:
This diagram shows the data with respect to the inputs and outputs.
Manual Input:
This symbol shows the need for the operator or user to feed the required information in the process by hand.
Six Sigma Green Belt Process Map and Flow Chart Symbols Questions
Question:
A Belt utilized a diamond symbol in a Process Map she created for the process that was subject to her LSS project. By use of the diamond symbol, she was showing a(n) _______________ point in the process.
(A) Ending
(B) Beginning
(C) Decision
(D) Repair station
Answer:
(D): Oval. Definition question. See the Flowchart symbol page here.
