Protocol - Flow Chart
The flow chart is a graphical tool for breaking down a process into a series of steps. A small number of symbols are used most frequently. The flowchart represents an activity in a temporal or logical sequence, using the decision symbol whenever the continuation of activities is subject to the meeting of a condition.
Category:
Quality methodologies
Last revision: Jun 21, 2016
Contact
Name: Giovanna L. Liguori
Address: Institute of Genetics and Biophysics Via Pietro Castellino, 111 Naples 80131 ITALY
Email: giovanna.liguori@igb.cnr.it
Figure legend:
a) Flow chart symbols. b) Example of Flow chart (modified from Mancinelli et al. Springer 2015)
Steps
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Analyze a process to indicate its start point with an oval flattened
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Indicate the process with a rectangle, while the sub-processes should be indicated with rectangle with double lateral lines
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For each stage of the decision to put a diamond with multiple outflows, one per condition
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Indicate the production of each document with rectangle with wavy base
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Use a small circle to links a point on the same page
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Use a pentagon to links a different page
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When you reach the stop point of the process to reuse the symbol of oval flattened
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Quality validation:
Yes
Validation info
The methodology has been used to produce data published in a peer-reviewed book chapter.
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