
Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio
A guide to visually creating, communicating, and collaborating business processes efficiently
Packt Publishing
Published on 12. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
314 pages
978-1-83763-192-6 (ISBN)
Description
Streamline your business by creating clear, concise process diagrams with Microsoft Visio, and share them securely for viewing, reviewing, and collaboration
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Key Features
Learn built-in diagram types or create custom ones to describe flow steps effectively
Unlock the skills and techniques needed to efficiently and speedily capture and communicate complex flows
Understand how to store securely, integrate with other apps, and import and export flow steps
Book DescriptionEvery business has process flows, but not all of them are fully described to or verified for accuracy with each stakeholder. This not only presents a risk for business continuity but also removes the ability to make insightful improvements. To make these complex interactions easy to grasp, it's important to describe these processes visually using symbology that everybody understands. Different parts of these flows should be collaboratively developed and stored securely as commercial collateral.
Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio helps you understand why it is crucial to use a common, systematic approach to document the steps needed to meet each business requirement. This book explores the various process flow templates available in each edition of Microsoft Visio, including BPMN. It also shows you how to use them effectively with the help of tips and techniques and examples to reduce the time required for creating them, as well as how you can improve their integration and presentation.
By the end of this book, you'll have mastered the skills needed to create data-integrated business flowcharts with Microsoft Visio, learned how to effectively use these diagrams collaboratively, but securely, and understood how to integrate them with other M365 apps, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power Automate.What you will learn
Choose an appropriate flowchart diagram type to describe process steps
Develop the skills to efficiently use Visio to draw process flowcharts
Discover how to create process flows diagrams to meet the BPMN standard
Find out how to synchronize Excel tables with Visio process flowcharts
Store flowcharts that can also be used for collaboration securely
Understand how to export flowcharts and data to other M365 apps
Discover how Visio ShapeSheet functions can increase productivity
Who this book is forIf you're a manager, analyst, or designer of business processes, then this book will help you create professional process diagrams effectively and consistently to improve the accuracy of communication and facilitate impactful insights. This book will also be useful for beginners or power users who are seeking tips and techniques to capture process flows from context and customize diagrams to meet academic as well as corporate standards.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Key Features
Learn built-in diagram types or create custom ones to describe flow steps effectively
Unlock the skills and techniques needed to efficiently and speedily capture and communicate complex flows
Understand how to store securely, integrate with other apps, and import and export flow steps
Book DescriptionEvery business has process flows, but not all of them are fully described to or verified for accuracy with each stakeholder. This not only presents a risk for business continuity but also removes the ability to make insightful improvements. To make these complex interactions easy to grasp, it's important to describe these processes visually using symbology that everybody understands. Different parts of these flows should be collaboratively developed and stored securely as commercial collateral.
Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio helps you understand why it is crucial to use a common, systematic approach to document the steps needed to meet each business requirement. This book explores the various process flow templates available in each edition of Microsoft Visio, including BPMN. It also shows you how to use them effectively with the help of tips and techniques and examples to reduce the time required for creating them, as well as how you can improve their integration and presentation.
By the end of this book, you'll have mastered the skills needed to create data-integrated business flowcharts with Microsoft Visio, learned how to effectively use these diagrams collaboratively, but securely, and understood how to integrate them with other M365 apps, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power Automate.What you will learn
Choose an appropriate flowchart diagram type to describe process steps
Develop the skills to efficiently use Visio to draw process flowcharts
Discover how to create process flows diagrams to meet the BPMN standard
Find out how to synchronize Excel tables with Visio process flowcharts
Store flowcharts that can also be used for collaboration securely
Understand how to export flowcharts and data to other M365 apps
Discover how Visio ShapeSheet functions can increase productivity
Who this book is forIf you're a manager, analyst, or designer of business processes, then this book will help you create professional process diagrams effectively and consistently to improve the accuracy of communication and facilitate impactful insights. This book will also be useful for beginners or power users who are seeking tips and techniques to capture process flows from context and customize diagrams to meet academic as well as corporate standards.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83763-192-6 (9781837631926)
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David Parker | Senaj Lelic
Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio
A guide to visually creating, communicating, and collaborating business processes efficiently
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Persons
David J. Parker, being frustrated as an architect in the late 80s trying to match 3D building models with spreadsheets, explored linking Unix, CAD, and SQL databases in the early 90s for facilities and cable management. In 1996 he discovered the ease of linking data to Visio diagrams of personnel and office layouts. He immediately became one of the first Visio business partners in Europe, and was soon invited to present his applications at worldwide Visio conferences. He started his own Visio-based consultancy and development business, bVisual ltd (http://www.bvisual.net), applying analysis, synthesis, and design to various graphical information solutions. He presents Visio solution providers and Visio Services courses for Microsoft EMEA, adding personal anecdotes and previous mistakes hoping that all can learn by them. He wrote his first book, Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007, to spread the word about data-linked diagrams in business, and his second book, which is about creating custom rules for validating structured diagrams in Visio 2010, has now been updated and extended for Visio 2013. He wrote WBS Modeler for Microsoft, which integrates Visio and, Project, and many other Visio solutions for various vertical markets. David has been regularly awarded Most Valued Professional status for his Visio community work over the years, and maintains a Visio blog at http://blog.bvisual.net. Based near to Microsoft UK in Reading, he still sees the need for Visio evangelism throughout the business and development community, and has been touring many European capitals over the last two years spreading the word of intelligent business diagramming with Visio and SharePoint. Senaj Lelic has worked in IT since 1991, and studied economy at the university of Munich (special studies: strategic management and software based Business Process management). Starting with BORLAND, he went on to work with Visio Corporation in 1996. Since then he has worked on many visualization solutions for different customers. When Visio was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 his focus shifted to Microsoft.NET and SharePoint, extending to support technologies such as SQL Server and Microsoft Teams.
One consistent activity has been the creation and planning/architecture of BPM solutions and technologies - always using Visio as the graphical engine, but extending with SQL Server and SharePoint to create powerful but easy to use BPM solutions.
One consistent activity has been the creation and planning/architecture of BPM solutions and technologies - always using Visio as the graphical engine, but extending with SQL Server and SharePoint to create powerful but easy to use BPM solutions.
Content
Table of Contents
Choosing the Correct Business Process Diagram Type
Choosing the Best Visio Edition for Our Needs
Learning to Manually Create Process Flow Diagrams
Using Visio for Desktop with BPMN
Utilizing Data Sources to Create and Enrich Business Process Diagrams
Learn How to Diagram Efficiently
Preparing Diagrams for Presentation and Collaboration
Securing and Providing Access to Diagrams
Integrating Visio with Other Microsoft Apps
Customizing Master Shapes and Templates
Improving the Provided Flowchart Shapes
Choosing the Correct Business Process Diagram Type
Choosing the Best Visio Edition for Our Needs
Learning to Manually Create Process Flow Diagrams
Using Visio for Desktop with BPMN
Utilizing Data Sources to Create and Enrich Business Process Diagrams
Learn How to Diagram Efficiently
Preparing Diagrams for Presentation and Collaboration
Securing and Providing Access to Diagrams
Integrating Visio with Other Microsoft Apps
Customizing Master Shapes and Templates
Improving the Provided Flowchart Shapes