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As the saying goes, “A miss is as good as a mile”. In team work, even slight understanding errors of all parties involved may cause huge execution errors. Therefore, for product managers, it is necessary to unify everyone’s understanding of the product through a clear process, so as to ensure the smooth development of the product. Otherwise, if the product goes wrong in user experience, the product manager will become the “bad guy”.


In the process of product design, prototype diagram and flow chart are a good way of communication. Through the prototype diagram to visualize the abstract idea, and then through the flow chart to show the business scene, express the jump relationship to visualize the product process, then the team collaboration is bound to get twice the result with half the effort.


So why do product managers draw not only prototypes but also flowcharts?


Help product manager to sort out user operation process.


If the business flow of a product is not clear, there will be problems in the design, development and other links, and the products produced will not be able to provide users with comfortable user experience.


Even the most rigorous product manager can’t guarantee that he or she can really consider all the situations, so a flow chart can quickly help the product manager sort out the business accurately and fill in the gaps.


Second, effectively reduce the cost of communication between team members.


Flowchart is very helpful for recording complex operation process. Presenting the flowchart in the prototype diagram or product document can help designers clarify the key process path of requirements and facilitate the upstream and downstream personnel to quickly understand the core operation flow. After the designer finishes the design, he can also check the flow chart to avoid missing or error pages and ensure the smooth progress of the later development.


But at present, the tools for product managers in China generally have the disadvantages of scattered functions, such as prototype drawing, document writing, flow chart drawing, team collaboration… It often takes more than one tool to do it. It’s not only cumbersome, it’s very unmanageable.


It’s not hard to find comprehensive product tools!


The guest flow chart pattern is coming!


After integrating the product document function and coordinating with the copycat, we added the flow chart function in the copycat prototype, making it easy to draw the flow chart, use case diagram and swimming lane diagram. Not only can it be combined with prototypes and documents, there is no need to switch back and forth, but also more simple and easy to use functions to ensure the content integrity and appearance level of the flowchart. First of all, I will show you the flow chart, use case diagram and swimming lane diagram that I drew with the copycat prototype:



Next, let’s take a look at the use of the guest flow chart pattern.


Use skills of copying flow chart pattern


1. Unlimited canvas range


When using Visio and other flow chart tools to draw, many friends often encounter the situation that the drawing goes beyond the boundary, and even need to estimate the size of the picture before drawing the flow chart at the beginning. Copy the flow chart model of the prototype, support a single page workspace unlimited enlargement, free drawing flow chart.


2. Rich flow chart components


In the figure below, the small copy shows you some basic elements of the flow chart.



Copy guest prototype shape library, for you to provide a number of commonly used flow chart shape, you can quickly draw and adjust the flow chart. In addition, the process of flowchart drawing is also supported by the reference icon oh.


3. Simple operation mode


In flowchart mode, the component displays four join points, and you can click and drag the join points to other join points to generate flow lines between the components. Drag a component, and the join points on the component move as well, without having to adjust separately.



4. Support custom flow chart style


The flow chart mode of the prototype allows you to edit the flow line and describe the properties and styles. Combined with the high scalability of the prototype component, you can customize the flow chart style as you like.



5. Automatic synchronization, convenient sharing


In addition to exporting PNG images, the flow chart drawn by the emulator also supports cloud synchronization. You can directly share links to other partners and view them on different devices anytime and anywhere. When you make changes to the flow chart, other users can view the latest version of the flow chart through the link they shared before. There is no need to share it again.



6. Integrate with prototypes and documentation


When drawing a prototype, we can add a flow chart on the first page of the prototype diagram for easy comparison. When writing product documentation, we can also use flowcharts directly referenced into the documentation. When the flowchart is modified, the design draft referenced in the document is also updated.



Learn how to use these prototype flow chart patterns and you can easily draw a clear and logical product flow chart. In addition, the full picture sketchpad function of copycat is also very convenient for displaying the jump relationship between design drafts. So you can choose the right way of expression according to their specific needs.




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