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Who creates diagrams?

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by erleyedit

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I am a technical writer with some BA experience. I want to focus my career on creating diagrams: workflow, process flow, dataflow, network, system etc.

In your experience, who builds these diagrams? What is their training, role, or job title?
What tools are most often used?

Thanks for your feedback...

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by charliespencer

As you noted, these are tools. Your question is kinda of like asking, "Who uses a screwdriver?" These tools could be used in a variety of jobs. Where I work we try to match the software to the user's needs; we don't look for an expert in the application and then try to find a position for him / her. Nobody hires a screwdriver expert.

by notsochiguy

It is usually the process owner, product champion, or specific role (network engineer) that creates the associated diagrams.

That being said, just about everyone I've ever encountered absolutely detests creating these diagrams. If you could position yourself with a process oriented consulting firm (ScottMadden, for example), you could carve out a niche...something along the lines of a Process Analyst, I'd imagine.

Visio has been the tool most commonly used in my experiences.

Hopes this helps!

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