Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation

A focused tutorial, this book provides a range of practical examples with downloadable code, showing you how to create business process diagramming templates with Visio and enabling you to effectively visualize business information. It draws on real business examples and needs, and covers all the new features of Visio 2010 Premium Edition. If you are a Microsoft Visio 2010 Premium Edition user or developer who wants to get to grips with both the basic features of Visio 2010 and the new Validation Rules in this edition, then this book is for you. A working knowledge of Microsoft Visio, and optionally .NET for the add–in code, is required, though previous knowledge of business process diagramming is not necessary. More experienced Visio users will gain valuable knowledge for building add–ins and creating and publishing rules. If you want to achieve results from Visio 2010 beyond the ordinary out–of–the–box features, then this book is ideal for you. Although this book covers the Premium Edition, much of the book is still useful if you are a Visio 2010 Standard Edition or Professional Edition user.

About the Author:

David J. Parker

David J. Parker explored linking Unix CAD and SQL databases in the early `90s for facilities and cable management, as he was frustrated as an architect in the late `80s, trying to match 3D building models with spreadsheets.

In `96 he discovered the ease of linking data to Visio diagrams of personnel and office layouts. He immediately became one of the first Visio business partners in Europe, and was soon invited to present his applications at worldwide Visio conferences. He started his own Visio–based consultancy and development business, bVisual ltd (visual.net), applying analysis, synthesis, and design to various graphical information solutions.

He has presented Visio solution provider courses for Microsoft EMEA, adding personal anecdotes and previous mistakes hoping that all can learn from them.

He wrote his first book, Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 (visualizinginformation.com), to spread the word about data–linked diagrams in business, and is currently writing his second book, which is about creating custom rules for validating structured diagrams in Visio 2010.

David wrote WBS Modeler for Microsoft, which integrates Visio and Project, and many other Visio solutions for various vertical markets.

David has been regularly awarded Most Valued Professional status for his Visio community work over the years, and maintains a Visio blog at bvisual.spaces.live.com

Based near to Microsoft UK in Reading, he still sees the need for Visio evangelism throughout the business and development community.