Microsoft® Visio® 2010: Step by Step

Chapter 12. Creating and Validating Process Diagrams

Chapter at a Glance

In this chapter, you will learn how to
✓	Understand Visio rules.
✓	Validate flowcharts.
✓	Understand BPMN.
✓	Create and validate BPMN diagrams.
✓	Create subprocesses.
✓	Create and export SharePoint Workflow diagrams.
✓	Reuse existing validation rules.
✓	Create new validation rules.

A business process, also known as a work process, or just a process, is a collection of tasks or activities that leads to a desired result. A diagram of a work process is often referred to as a process map. In Chapter 4, you created and worked with flowcharts and swimlane diagrams, both of which can be used ...