\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary {arrows.meta,graphs,graphdrawing} \usegdlibrary {layered, trees} \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} \draw[fill=lightgray] (-1.7,0.5) rectangle (5, -2.8); \draw[fill=lightgray] (-1.7,-3) rectangle (5, -5.5); \draw (3.4,0) node[draw=none, fill=none] (wf) {Waterfall}; \graph [layered layout, level distance=1.2cm, sibling sep=.5em, sibling distance=3.4cm, component order=by first specified node] { pd [as=Problem Description,grow=down] -> "Specifications" -> "Initial Design" -> "Feature Separation" -> {Rapid Development ->[bend right] Variable Approach}; {Rapid Development <-[bend left] Variable Approach}; {Rapid Interation Design Method[draw=none, fill=none] ->[draw=none] Variable Approach}; { [same layer] Feature Separation, Rapid Interation Design Method}; %-> tree[fill=none, minimum height=3cm, minimum width=6cm] // [tree layout] {Rapid Development -> Variable Approach}; { [same layer] Variable Approach, Rapid Development }; }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}