This flow chart explain things that are hard to grasp in words.
Dan Roam's Back of a Napkin is a good guide to thinking and communicating in this visual way. You can get quite a long way with the freebies on his site, but it's worth shelling out for the whole book.
When I studied the diagram, I found myself running through an imaginary scenario in my head. The Overview text makes it hard to do this. If you don't create a diagram and want to explain a process clearly, don't explain the components -- follow an example action through the process, and your readers will grasp it much better.
Dan Roam's Back of a Napkin is a good guide to thinking and communicating in this visual way. You can get quite a long way with the freebies on his site, but it's worth shelling out for the whole book.
http://www.danroam.com/the-back-of-the-napkin/
When I studied the diagram, I found myself running through an imaginary scenario in my head. The Overview text makes it hard to do this. If you don't create a diagram and want to explain a process clearly, don't explain the components -- follow an example action through the process, and your readers will grasp it much better.