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Welcome to our 2009 Virtual Science Fair project. In this website, you will learn about the concept and usage of flowcharts, which can be considered the backbone of the technology and everything around us today.

History of Flow Charts

Flowcharting has been used for a long time. There is no individual who designed flowcharting because it can be customized to fit any need or purpose. Flowcharts were first hand-drawn which made changes difficult and messy. Frank Gilbreth explained the first flow chart to the members of ASME in 1921 to introduce his presentation "Process Charts - First Steps in Finding the One Best Way". Flowcharts soon made their way into the industrial engineering district. During the early 1930s, Allan H. Mogensen (industrial engineer) trained business people to use some of the industrial engineering tools at the Work Simplification Conference in New York. A graduate, Art Spinanger, developed their Deliberate Methods Change Program. Another graduate, Ben S. Graham, used flowcharting to process information with the use of multi-flow process chart to exhibit many documents and their connection with others. After computers are able to use graphics, the first flowcharting software was developed for programmers. After the development of mouse and menu, flowcharts can be easily manipulated and altered. Flowcharting programs are now quick and easy to use. The flowchart draws a picture of the process that can be understood in seconds. Logic flows through the process and branching and recombining decision pats. Specialized flowcharts are used for more sophisticated uses.