All About Flowchart // Advantage and disadvantages//Uses👍👍👍

 

FLOWCHART

The simplest way to represent the solution to a problem is by using a flowchart. A flow chart, or flow diagram, is a graphical representation of the algorithm process or system that details the sequence of steps required to create output of an algorithm.  A flowchart uses a set of basic symbols to represent various functions, and shows the sequence and interconnection of functions with lines and arrows. We make flowcharts on the basis of the algorithm. In a flowchart, each type of task in the program is represented by a symbol.

CONSTRUCTING A FLOWCHART

Constructing a flowchart involves the following main steps :

1.      Define the process and identify the scope of the flow diagram.

2.      Define the different steps involved in the process and the interrelationships between the different steps.

3.      Finalize the diagram and make any necessary modifications.

4.      Use the flow diagram and continuously update it as needed.

 

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF FLOWCHATS:-

Advantages

1.     1.  Communication: flowcharts are a better way to communicate the logic of a system to everyone.

2.      2. Effective Analysis: with the help of a flowchart, problems can be analyzed in a more effective way.

3.      3. Proper Documentation : flowchart serve as good program documentation, which is needed for 4. various purposes.

4.    5.   Efficient coding : flowchart act as guide or blueprint for  system analysis  and program development.

5.     6.  Proper debugging : flowchart help in debugging process.

6.      7. Efficient program maintenance : maintenance of program become easy with flowchart. It helps the programmer to design more efficient programs.

 

Disadvantages

1.      Complex logic : Sometimes, the program logic is quite complicated. In that case, flowchart becomes complex and clumsy.

2.      Alterations and Modification  : if alterations are to be made, the flowchart may require redrawing completely .

3.      Reproduction : as the flowchart symbols cannot be typed. Its reproduction becomes a problem.

4.      The benefit of what is done by the flowchart can be easily lost in the technical details of how it is to be done.