\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary {arrows.meta,graphs,graphdrawing} \usegdlibrary {layered} \tikzset{nodes={text height=.7em, text width=2.8cm, align=center, draw=black!50, thick, font=\footnotesize, fill=white}, >={Stealth[round,sep]}, rounded corners, semithick} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \graph [layered layout, level distance=1.2cm, sibling sep=.5em, sibling distance=1.5cm, sweep crossing minimization] { pd [as=Problem Description] -> "Specifications" -> "Initial Design" -> "Implementation" -> "Testing"; }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}