When to use it
Proposals and reports for "Design and implementation of an XX management system" style final-year projects. The implementation phase shows frontend and backend developed in parallel and then integrated, which is closer to how the work is actually done and makes it easy to explain the split.
Making it yours
- Put the stack in the nodes:
G[Backend development<br/>Spring Boot + MySQL],H[Frontend development<br/>React]. - For a mobile or mini-program project rename "Frontend development" or add another chain.
- If there is an algorithm module (recommendation, recognition), add "Algorithm module" in parallel with frontend and backend.
- The database design can be paired with an ER diagram; the template library has several.
Mermaid code
flowchart TB
subgraph D1[Requirements]
direction LR
A[Study the business process] --> B[Functional and non-functional requirements] --> C[Use cases and user roles]
end
subgraph D2[Design]
direction LR
D[Architecture design] --> E[Database design] --> F[API and UI design]
end
subgraph D3[Implementation]
direction LR
G[Backend development] --> I[Integration]
H[Frontend development] --> I
end
subgraph D4[Testing and deployment]
direction LR
J[Functional testing] --> K[Performance and security testing] --> L[Deployment]
end
subgraph D5[Conclusion]
direction LR
M[System evaluation] --> N[Summary and future work]
end
D1 --> D2 --> D3 --> D4 --> D5Ask an AI for one with this structure
Send the prompt below to ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the whole reply into the editor; the code inside is detected automatically.
Draw a software project roadmap in Mermaid flowchart TB syntax with five subgraph phases: Requirements (study the business process → functional and non-functional requirements → use cases and user roles), Design (architecture design → database design → API and UI design), Implementation (backend development and frontend development in parallel → integration), Testing and deployment (functional testing → performance and security testing → deployment), Conclusion (system evaluation → summary and future work). Add direction LR inside each subgraph so the steps run horizontally, and connect the phases by their subgraph ids (for example S1 --> S2). Output only the mermaid code block.
FAQ
- Should the roadmap name specific technologies?
It depends on the course. Naming them makes the choice visible to reviewers; leaving them out keeps the figure generic. A second line inside the node via
<br/>is a good compromise.- How are the parallel frontend and backend drawn?
Put both nodes in the Implementation subgraph and point each at "Integration"; the layout engine places them side by side.
- Which other diagrams do capstone reports usually include?
Architecture diagram, ER diagram, class diagram and sequence diagram, all of which have templates here. Mermaid does not support use case diagrams; a flowchart can stand in.
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Updated 2026-09-05