21. Guidelines for flowcharts

When drawing a flowchart, every stage should be listed out in a logical order.

The flowchart should be clear, neat and easy to follow. There should not be any room for misunderstanding or ambiguity.

Only one flow line is used with a terminal symbol.

When starting your flowchart, the flow line leaves the terminal symbol

start

When completing your flow chart, the flow line enters the terminal symbol

 stop

Only one flow line should come out from a process symbol

 flow

Only one flow line should enter a decision symbol, but two or three flow lines may leave it depending on the options that can be chosen.

 decision

 

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