Flowcharts can be created for sever

Flowcharts can be created for several levels in the organization. For example, at the strategic level, they could show the core processes and their linkages, as in Figure 1.4 in Chapter 1. At this level, the flowcharts do not have much detail; however, they give a bird’s eye view of the overall business. Just identifying a core process is often helpful. However, in this chapter, we focus at the process level, where we get into the details of the process being analyzed. Many steps may have subprocesses nested within them. Rather than representing everything in one flowchart, an overview of the whole process can first be created. Subsequently flowcharts can be developed to flesh out nested processes. This nesting approach often becomes a practical necessity because only so much detail can be shown in any single flowchart.