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Document your code structure in Lucidchart to build, explain, and troubleshoot your software. From communicating initial ideas to onboarding new engineers, software engineers innovate 38% faster with Lucidchart.

A wireframe is a simple diagram that represents the skeleton of a website or an application’s user interface (UI) and core functionality. Get a more in-depth explanation of what UX wireframes look like and how they can benefit your team....

What is a scrum master? This role ensures that the scrum team follows standard processes, acts as a liaison, and helps to remove obstacles that may impede the team from meeting its goals....

Bandwidth made the switch from Visio when they discovered Lucidchart offered cross-platform compatibility, real-time collaboration, and a lower price point. Now visuals provide a common language for Bandwith employees. ...

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What is a scrum master? This role ensures that the scrum team follows standard processes, acts as a liaison, and helps to remove obstacles that may impede the team from meeting its goals....

You’re in business to solve problems, not create them. But in the course of any project, you’re bound to run into some problems yourself....

Fix three communication breakdowns and see bottom-line results You’ve likely felt the repercussions of poor communication at work—maybe you missed a deadline or failed to articulate your game-changing idea. The effects do more than hurt your pride; ...

Stop dealing with the fallout of poor communication Even with email, video messaging, and hundreds of other apps at our disposal, communication still breaks down at work—with far-reaching effects on your company. Cutting-edge research from The Econ...

App Integrations

Add your diagrams to the apps you use most, from Google Docs to Confluence

Empower your entire organization to work visually We’re sure that you’ve heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”—probably a thousand times. But how often does your organization put this common phrase into practice? Many engineering t...

Learn how users can insert a published link to their Lucidchart document in an issue or pull request on GitHub....

Join the Lucidchart Product Pros, Taylor Dolbin and Angie Mecham, to learn how Lucidchart can help you visually communicate ideas, information, and processes. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today—and don’t forget to come ready with all your L...

Join the Lucidchart Product Pro Bear Shelton to learn how Lucidchart can help you visually communicate ideas, information, and processes. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today—and don’t forget to come ready with all your Lucidchart questions! ...

Product Features

Become a Lucidchart pro with tips and tricks about our product features

Learn how to save time and create clarity with visual documentation in Lucidchart. In this training, we'll explore how to quickly understand complex systems and communicate to audiences with varying levels of technical experience, as well as automate...

Interpreting complex data can be challenging - especially when it’s constantly changing. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use Lucidchart to visualize data and keep it updated in real-time across your team. Specifically, you will learn how to: V...

Master Lucidchart to communicate complex ideas, information, and processes like a pro. In this course, Lucidchart Product Pros Angie and Kristy will cover strategies and tools for making you more powerful in Lucidchart, while sharing tips and tricks ...

Interpreting complex data can be challenging - especially when it’s constantly changing. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use Lucidchart to visualize data and keep it updated in real-time across your team. Specifically, you will learn how to: V...

Collaboration

Learn best practices to increase collaboration on your team

Fix three communication breakdowns and see bottom-line results You’ve likely felt the repercussions of poor communication at work—maybe you missed a deadline or failed to articulate your game-changing idea. The effects do more than hurt your pride; ...

Stop dealing with the fallout of poor communication Even with email, video messaging, and hundreds of other apps at our disposal, communication still breaks down at work—with far-reaching effects on your company. Cutting-edge research from The Econ...

Empower your entire organization to work visually We’re sure that you’ve heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words”—probably a thousand times. But how often does your organization put this common phrase into practice? Many engineering t...

DescriptionLearn how to use Lucidchart for sharing your work with others or collaborating on projects in real-time. Lucidchart is a secure platform for both internal and external sharing. Diagram permissions can be customized for any scenario by sep...

Templates

Speed up your diagramming with ready-made templates

Product Template

This sample ER diagram illustrates the entities, relationships and attributes involved in a customer purchase order. They allow you to visualize the data involved so it is easy to understand and communicate. To start using this sample ER diagram tem...

Product Template

A database ER diagram help you visualize how entities within a database relate to each other and the attributes of each entity. This example illustrates entities involved in the school system. You can sign up for a free Lucidchart trial to begin usi...

Product Template

An ER diagram helps to illustrate the relationships between entities stored in a database. This ER diagram example visually communicates information on hockey teams and games and how they relate within a database. By signing up for a free Lucidchar...

Product Template

A DBMS ER diagram allows you to visually represent information and data. It helps you to understand information in different fields and their relationships, such as a product and its size, product categories and colors. Sign up for a free Lucidchar...

Customer Stories

Find inspiration about how other people are using Lucidchart

Bandwidth made the switch from Visio when they discovered Lucidchart offered cross-platform compatibility, real-time collaboration, and a lower price point. Now visuals provide a common language for Bandwith employees. ...

From engineering to sales, MessageBird uses Lucidchart across their organization to facilitate collaboration and streamline communication among team members. ...

Armed with Lucidchart, LINE employees have streamlined and enhanced their innovation process by working visually. ...

Whether you’re mapping out your network, your backyard, or anything in between, Jafar can tell you how to do it in Lucidchart. After making the switch from Visio, he and his software development team rely on Lucidchart every time they start a new pro...

Videos

Join the Lucidchart Product Pros, Taylor Dolbin and Angie Mecham, to learn how Lucidchart can help you visually communicate ideas, information, and processes. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today—and don’t forget to come ready with all your L...

DescriptionLearn how Lucidchart allows you to quickly and easily export your Lucidchart entity relationship diagram back into your DBMS, updating your database’s tables, including relationships, fields, and keys. If you would like to learn more abou...

DescriptionLearn how Lucidchart allows you to quickly and easily import data from your DBMS to create a shape library populated with all of the tables and relationships necessary for an entity relationship diagram (ERD) of your database. If you woul...

Join the Lucidchart Product Pro Bear Shelton to learn how Lucidchart can help you visually communicate ideas, information, and processes. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today—and don’t forget to come ready with all your Lucidchart questions! ...

Diagram Types

Know what diagram you’re looking for? Find a template or a tutorial.

A wireframe is a simple diagram that represents the skeleton of a website or an application’s user interface (UI) and core functionality. Get a more in-depth explanation of what UX wireframes look like and how they can benefit your team....

As you and your team develop an API, use visuals to show how the API functions, making this information more accessible and easier to understand and encouraging collaboration....

Product Template

This sample ER diagram illustrates the entities, relationships and attributes involved in a customer purchase order. They allow you to visualize the data involved so it is easy to understand and communicate. To start using this sample ER diagram tem...

Product Template

A database ER diagram help you visualize how entities within a database relate to each other and the attributes of each entity. This example illustrates entities involved in the school system. You can sign up for a free Lucidchart trial to begin usi...