Types of graphic used in Visual Communication

Tables

Table constructed

Title

Label

Populate

Order

Spacing

Totals

Graphs

Bar Graphs

Bar graph constructed

title

Label

Scale

Plot the data

Order the bars

spacing

Colours or shading

Gridlines

Data teble

Line graphs

Line graph constructed

Title

Label

Scale

Plot the data points

Gridlines

Data table

Gantt charrts

Gantt chart constructed

Title

Label

Insert

Vertical marker

Milestones

Pie charts

Pie chart constructed

Title

Divide

Sort

Label

Colour

Diagram or drawings

Flowchart

Symbol

Ellipse

Arrows

Rectangles

Diamonds

Loop back

used to visually communicate the start and end f a process

used to connect the shapes and shows the directions of the workflow

used to describe a step in the process

used to highlight a decision needs to be made

indicated complexity in a process

Flowchat constructed

Decide the process and define the process

look at each process step and decide whether there are any complexities

useful to have a third party review the flowchart to ensure that others believe that the process will work as fowcharrted

Cause and effect diagrams

Cause and effect diagram constructed

Start with a blank fishbone diagram

identify the problem and write the problem

Photographs, illustrations and maps