Preparing flowcharts. Cf. Romney p. 73

1. What entities participate in the processes?
2. How should the entities be represented by columns and in what order?
3. How are closely related entities shown?
4. What are the initiating events?
5. In what order should the events appear?
6. How are inputs, processes, and outputs related?
7. When are directional arrows needed?

Preparing BPDs

1. What entities participate in the processes?
2. How should the entities be represented by swim lanes and in what order?
3. How are closely related entities shown?
4. What are the initiating events?
5. In what order should the events appear?
6. How are inputs, processes, and outputs related?
7. When are directional arrows needed?