swim lane
Racer's water corridor
A swim lane is a horizontal or vertical band in a diagram that groups related activities or responsibilities, typically showing which person or department handles each step in a process.
The term comes from the visual resemblance to lanes in a swimming pool.
Swim lane diagrams are common in business workflows and project management: The swim lane shows that approval goes through legal before finance.
Competition of speed
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- breaststrokeArms circle, legs splay
medley · sprint · relay · heats · finals · qualifying · lap · starting block
Steps toward a result
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- flowchartDiagram showing workflow steps
- cross-functionalSpanning multiple areas
- handoffDirect physical exchange
visualization · sequence · activities · tasks · responsibilities · roles · mapping · horizontal
Thing that partitions
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- separationState of being apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
channel · designated area · allocation · assignment · ownership · scope · domain · territory
race
Competition of speed
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
breaststroke · medley · sprint · relay · heats · finals · qualifying · lap · starting block · touch pad
process
Steps toward a result
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- flowchartDiagram showing workflow steps
- cross-functionalSpanning multiple areas
handoff · visualization · sequence · activities · tasks · responsibilities · roles · mapping · horizontal · vertical
divider
Thing that partitions
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- separationState of being apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
corridor · channel · designated area · allocation · assignment · ownership · scope · domain · territory · jurisdiction
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- lanes
- Project Toolstask, task list, task manager, to-do list, to do
- workplace metaphorsglass ceiling, ladder, climbing, pipeline, low-hanging fruit
- chartspie chart, line graph, line chart, bar graph, scatter plot
- lifeguardinglifeguard, lifeguard stand, rescue tube, rescue buoy, CPR
swim laneopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
open ocean · wild swimming · open sea · lake swimming · sea swimming
swim laneshared responsibility
Duty divided among parties
blurred boundaries · collective ownership · turf war · role confusion · scope creep
swim laneshared responsibility
Duty divided among parties
collective ownership · gray area · no-man's-land · free-for-all
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