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Hi everyone, welcome to Flowzap, the easiest 
way to produce your process diagram. Today  

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we'll explore the basic features of the 
diagramming user interface so you can get  

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up and running in minutes. I've just 
signed into my FlowZap account and I  

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landed on my dashboard. I can see my recent 
projects and the latest diagrams edited. I'm  

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going to create a new project. I'm going 
to name this project HR workflows. Here we  

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are. We have created our new project and it 
appears in the list as a project card. Here

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I can click from here on project diagrams 
and from here create a new diagram.

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The first thing I should do is to name my diagram  

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so I can save it later. I'm going 
to name it, Firing an employee.

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Next, I'll start creating the actual diagram by 
selecting a shape in the main toolbar up here.

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I will use a typical circle to do 
that and I will label it start firing.

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Then I'm going to use a regular rectangle shape to  

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describe the next step. I can just click on 
the rectangle up there in the main toolbar.  

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I have copy pasted a couple of 
sentences here to go faster.

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Okay, that's my second step. 
I can connect my shapes just  

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by drag and dropping the connecting dots here.

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Okay, my following step will be to specify to 
the employee that because of a continued conduct  

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or performance issue or after a significant 
incident, the manager of the employee will  

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meet with the HR department. Now the outcome of 
this meeting will represent a decision step. So  

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as this is a decision step, I will use the classic 
diamond shape. Let's see where is my shape copy.  

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Got it. The decision is basically to discuss if 
the employee should be given one last chance.

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Wow. Working on this diagram sure 
brings back a few unpleasant memories,  

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but also a very liberating one.

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There's going to be two possible outcomes out of 
this decision step. The first possible outcome is  

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that HR will set new goals and a timeline for the 
targeted improvements and for monitoring progress.

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Now about the arrow component, let's mention 
that I can label it like any other shapes.  

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I can define that this is my 
one final chance. To do that,  

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I need to rightclick while my cursor is 
over the arrow and click on edit shape.

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I will need to add another rectangle in my diagram 
for the other outcome, the termination one.

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For that outcome, HR will be preparing 
some paperwork, calculate a final pay,  

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and arrange to deactivate the 
employee from the company systems.

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And we can label this second arrow termination.

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That's it.

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At this point, the process 
is pretty much defined and  

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we can complete it with an End 
1 circle for the first outcome

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and an End 2 for the second outcome of 
this diamond decisional step. An outcome  

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which is much more probable just between 
you and me. I think we are done here.  

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This is a very typical firing an employee 
process. I should save my diagram at this  

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point. Have you noticed it is also possible to 
change the color scheme of our diagram here in  

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the canvas left side toolbar? If you select white, 
you'll have the white scheme applied instantly.  

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This completes our tutorial on how to create a 
first diagram in FlowZap. Was that simple enough?  

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See you next time for more 
tips on how to use Flow's app.