Hi everyone, welcome to Flowzap, the easiest way to produce your process diagram. Today
we'll explore the basic features of the diagramming user interface so you can get
up and running in minutes. I've just signed into my FlowZap account and I
landed on my dashboard. I can see my recent projects and the latest diagrams edited. I'm
going to create a new project. I'm going to name this project HR workflows. Here we
are. We have created our new project and it appears in the list as a project card. Here
I can click from here on project diagrams and from here create a new diagram.
The first thing I should do is to name my diagram
so I can save it later. I'm going to name it, Firing an employee.
Next, I'll start creating the actual diagram by selecting a shape in the main toolbar up here.
I will use a typical circle to do that and I will label it start firing.
Then I'm going to use a regular rectangle shape to
describe the next step. I can just click on the rectangle up there in the main toolbar.
I have copy pasted a couple of sentences here to go faster.
Okay, that's my second step. I can connect my shapes just
by drag and dropping the connecting dots here.
Okay, my following step will be to specify to the employee that because of a continued conduct
or performance issue or after a significant incident, the manager of the employee will
meet with the HR department. Now the outcome of this meeting will represent a decision step. So
as this is a decision step, I will use the classic diamond shape. Let's see where is my shape copy.
Got it. The decision is basically to discuss if the employee should be given one last chance.
Wow. Working on this diagram sure brings back a few unpleasant memories,
but also a very liberating one.
There's going to be two possible outcomes out of this decision step. The first possible outcome is
that HR will set new goals and a timeline for the targeted improvements and for monitoring progress.
Now about the arrow component, let's mention that I can label it like any other shapes.
I can define that this is my one final chance. To do that,
I need to rightclick while my cursor is over the arrow and click on edit shape.
I will need to add another rectangle in my diagram for the other outcome, the termination one.
For that outcome, HR will be preparing some paperwork, calculate a final pay,
and arrange to deactivate the employee from the company systems.
And we can label this second arrow termination.
That's it.
At this point, the process is pretty much defined and
we can complete it with an End 1 circle for the first outcome
and an End 2 for the second outcome of this diamond decisional step. An outcome
which is much more probable just between you and me. I think we are done here.
This is a very typical firing an employee process. I should save my diagram at this
point. Have you noticed it is also possible to change the color scheme of our diagram here in
the canvas left side toolbar? If you select white, you'll have the white scheme applied instantly.
This completes our tutorial on how to create a first diagram in FlowZap. Was that simple enough?
See you next time for more tips on how to use Flow's app.