Lesson 6 of 6 · 9 min
Diagramming with Sketches
A process, an organisation or an idea is often easier to understand as a diagram than as a paragraph.
Some things are hard to describe in sentences: the steps of a process, who approves what, how elements fit together. Sketches, the suite’s drawing app, produces schematics, diagrams and rough drawings, freehand or with the assistant.
- A single reading direction, left to right or top to bottom.
- One shape per type of element: step, decision, document.
- Short labels, one verb for each step.
- No more than a dozen elements. Beyond that, make two diagrams.
- Open the diagram in Sketches.
- Correct a label or move a shape directly.
- Check the diagram with someone who actually carries out the process.
- Export to an image or PDF and insert it into your document or your deck.