New process diagram shapes added to Aha! Whiteboards

Improve your process flow diagrams with new shapes.

October 9, 2025

New process diagram shapes added to Aha! Whiteboards

by Claire George

If you create process flow diagrams, you know whiteboards are the best place to start. You can easily show how everything connects, gather feedback, and build shared understanding. Now you can create even richer process diagrams in Aha! Whiteboards.

Create process flow diagrams on a whiteboard using a growing library of standard shapes to make workflows easy to follow.

Bring more clarity to your process flow diagrams

Whiteboards in Aha! software are perfect for mapping out key processes — from user flows to complex cross-team handoffs. Choose from a broad library of shapes to represent each step, activity, or decision point. Then link objects together with connectors and apply a consistent color scheme to make your diagrams easy to follow.

With today's update, you now have five new shapes to further enhance your diagrams:

  • Document: Represent a document or report generated during the process

  • Subroutine: Highlight a process that is defined elsewhere

  • Preparation: Indicate a step that prepares for a later action

  • Off-page connector: Show that the process continues on another diagram

  • Manual input: Convey where a person needs to provide input (like filling in a form or entering data)

You can also use the powerful AI assistant in Aha! Whiteboards to jump-start your diagramming. Then share your whiteboard with teammates to refine the flow together.

More shape options mean you can show exactly what happens at each step.

The new process diagram shapes are now available to all Aha! users. To create even more sophisticated diagrams using architecture and Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) shapes, upgrade your account to the Aha! Whiteboards Advanced plan.

See how to create a visual process diagram on a whiteboard:

How to get started

  1. From a whiteboard, open the Shapes menu in the left-hand toolbar.

  2. Locate the Basic shapes section at the top.

  3. Select a diagram shape to add it to the whiteboard.

  4. Click one of the small blue dots outside the shape's border to quickly add the next shape.

  5. Use the Shape icon in the toolbar to easily swap one shape for another.

📚 Read the support article to learn more.

This is one of many ways Aha! Whiteboards helps bring structure to ideas. Combine process diagrams with early-stage roadmaps, wireframes, and more to keep your team aligned from planning through delivery.

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Claire George

Claire George

Claire is passionate about helping product development teams learn how to bring their strategy to life. She is the vice president of marketing at Aha! — the world’s #1 product development software. Claire has 25 years of marketing and software experience. Previously, she led product marketing at an agile-based work management platform.

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