A cross-functional flowchart reveals who does what and when in a grid-like diagram organized into sections. It goes beyond a basic flowchart to show the relationships between functions (such as a stakeholder or department) and phases (such as milestones) in a process.

Use cross-functional flowcharts to show the relationship between a business process and the functional units (such as departments) responsible for that process. The swimlanes in the flowchart represent functional units, such as departments or positions.

You created a cross-functional flow chart diagram with both swimlanes and phases based on the order of data values in Excel. You created the diagram using the following option in the Create Diagram from Data wizard where data columns are connected to process steps and activities: Mapping > Specify how to connect the process steps/activities ...

Create Total Quality Management diagrams, including cause-and-effect, top-down, and cross-functional process flow diagrams for business process re-engineering and continuous improvement. Value Stream Map. Illustrate the flow of material and information in a Lean manufacturing process by using Value stream maps.

Use this page in the wizard to map which columns contain the function or phase values for a Cross Functional flowchart diagram. If you chose Basic Flowchart as the diagram type in the first page of the wizard, this page is not displayed.

Swimlanes are shapes that you can drag onto your drawing and place in any order in your flowchart. Drag to move them or change their size, and drag process step shapes into them to build the flowchart.

Subprocess drawings keep the main process flow easy to follow, while preserving detail. Add hyperlinks from process overview diagrams to detailed or commonly used subprocesses.

A cross-functional flowchart best used for a process that includes tasks shared across roles or functions.

The type of shape you want to represent in the Visio diagram, such as Process or Decision. Select a cell in the column and choose from the list of Shape Types. For more information on flow charts and their shapes, see Create a basic flowchart and Create a cross-functional flowchart.

A Visio Process Repository in SharePoint is a document library that provides check-in and check-out functionality and supports versioning for Visio diagrams. The document library includes optional columns to show cross-functional flowchart headings and the …