Swim lane diagram, also known as cross-functional flowchart, aims to show the processes and functional departments involved in each step of the workflow. Swim lane flow chart is a special chart, which can show the relationship between business processes and the functional departments (such as departments) responsible for the process. Swim flowchart focuses on the logical relationship between value activities and better shows the responsibilities of each value activity.

The flow chart describes each step of the process. When this process involves many different people, departments or functional areas, it is difficult to track the person in charge of each step. A useful way to solve this problem is to divide the flow chart into several columns, so that we can clearly understand the number of tasks handed over. At the top of each column, write down the name of the person or department responsible for the process in this column. Every time an operation is performed, it is described in this column.

Example 1

The cross-functional flow chart is drawn by Bansi, a user of ProcessOn. Click to view the original picture, which shows the relationship between the operation process of the mall and the functional units (departments) responsible for each sub-process. A column represents a functional unit. Shapes representing steps in a process are placed in the corresponding columns of functional units responsible for these steps.

How to draw

First of all, before drawing formally, there are several things to consider:

1, find out all the people and departments involved in this process or function.

2. List the process steps that you came up with through brainstorming.

3. Explore these treatments and put them on the right track.

4. Explore how to improve the workflow.

Generally speaking, it can be analyzed through the following three dimensions.

Department dimension: differentiated by department or responsibility. Indicate which department is responsible for completing this activity.

Phase dimension: it should be distinguished by task phase. Each process consists of different stages.

Activities: The activities in each grid should be carried out by the department at that stage.

The first example mentioned above is an example of "department dimension"; Give another example of "stage dimension"

Example 2

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Users start from the implementation phase of the project. Click to view the original picture.

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ProcessOn Flowchart Designer can add swimming pools and swimming lanes to the drawing. No matter what the cross-functional flow chart of the business is, the shape is basically the same, and users can apply the template with one click.

Application of Swimming Lane Flowchart Template

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Swim lane diagram (cross-functional flow chart) can be expressed vertically and horizontally. You can use a vertical or horizontal cross-functional flowchart to display any cross-functional process. Vertical typesetting puts a little emphasis on functional units, while horizontal typesetting highlights the process. The choice of typesetting method is usually determined by personal interests, not strict requirements or guiding principles.

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How to draw the swimlane flow chart 1: Where to create the swimlane flow chart? The swimlane flow chart is a special chart that reflects the relationship between people in the business process.

Function: Swim lane flow chart helps to distinguish the work scope of everyone in the process; Swim lane flow chart is helpful to study the handover action between people or working groups in the process.

How to make a flow chart of swimming lane

(1) Point out the different personnel or job functions involved in the process and list them on the left or above the poster or whiteboard;

(2) The steps in the brainstorming process are written on the post paper;

⑶ Explore these steps one by one and stick stickers on the appropriate driveway;

⑷ Use this result to stimulate discussion on how to improve the workflow.

situation

Purchase order process

Swim lane flow chart is the function of the department vertically and the post horizontally (sometimes the post is not distinguished horizontally). The drawing elements are similar to the traditional flow chart, but on the main body of business process, the executive body, that is, department and position, is distinguished by swimming lanes (vertical lines).

There are special drawing softwares for creating and drawing swimlane flow charts, such as office-visio flow chart drawing software. Just follow the tips and instructions of the software.

Question 2: What is the lane map cad drawn with?

Question 3: How to draw a business flow chart? Six key problems in the expression of business flow chart.

"Cooking Trilogy" of Business Process Diagram

Before drawing a business flow chart, it should not be important to think about how exquisite, how to interact and what tools to use.

The real point is to collect the key elements of the business process diagram. Please try to answer the following questions clearly, or don't start drawing a flowchart:

What is the starting point of the whole process? What is the end of the whole process?

What are the roles involved in the whole process?

What does the whole process need to do? (But this is a meeting, it can be a task.)

Are these meetings and tasks optional or mandatory?

What documents are made separately?

It's a bit like brainstorming, which can help you get the raw materials you need. With these "rice" and "water", you don't have to worry about cooking.

In terms of project management, last month, we also tried to standardize the design and development process of a data product.

This is a data product project, and none of us are very experienced. So we gathered all the related roles and organized a mixed application of brainstorming and card sorting.

Let everyone brainstorm the necessary nodes in the project, such as demand investigation, demand analysis, mobilization meeting, PRD writing and confirmation, data evaluation, technical architecture, DEMO drawing, index algorithm definition and so on.

In the process of brainstorming, the host wrote all these nodes on the whiteboard. After no new nodes were born, everyone merged and classified together. And after that?

Write these remaining truly valuable nodes on post-it notes and start sorting them out. In the process of sorting, one person can take the lead, and he will put each node in the lane arranged by role according to his own understanding and design the order. In the process of his progress, others kept asking: "What conditions do you need before this task begins?" "Is this task necessary?" Then adjust the order together. Until the end, no one had any big objections.

Then take pictures as a souvenir.

Then it can be organized into electronic documents, such as project or excel version (using excel for project management? )

However, the business flow chart is different from the process in the above project:

Various active nodes in the project have wider configurability. Whether task A and task B are parallel or serial, more adjustments and attempts can be made when the members of the project team reach a * * * understanding. So we can brainstorm a tentative and reasonable process through brainstorming. There are two ways to sort out the business flow chart:

One is based on the actual business process. This is obviously not the result of your team being able to YY. More need to go to the real environment, to investigate, to sort out, to confirm.

The other is a scheme based on process optimization. When you know how the current process actually works, based on analysis and discussion, you can judge the unreasonable part of the process and give a more perfect or efficient new process with lower cost. DD Maybe you need to add a department, or you need to delete a link, or replace some intermediate steps with a newly developed system.

In short, many times, to make the second flowchart, we must sort out the first one first. So the first truly reflected flow chart is inevitable. In this case, it is unrealistic to base on YY or brainstorming. We need to go to the front line to understand how business works in reality. And in many cases, the more details, the better.

Then how to do it? Based on limited knowledge and experience, I can give the following suggestions:

Investigate DD2. Organize and present DD3. Review and confirm the trilogy, as shown:

2. Investigate DD, ask the right questions, ask more people.

In addition to the questions at the beginning of this part, the research process also solved the questions of who, what, why, how and where: who did what, under what circumstances, what preconditions did this thing need, what was exported, and where was this thing completed? If we understand these problems, our research can be successfully completed.

The performance of the flowchart should answer these questions:

Who's who? Department, role, position

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Question 4: As shown in the figure below, how to draw a flow chart of the coexistence of vertical lanes and horizontal lanes in Visio? Or is there any software that can realize the following picture? 10 points I don't know your version. If it is 20 13, select the insert delimiter under the cross-functional flowchart tab, as shown.

Question 5: How to draw the flow chart shown below with Visio? You can draw this directly by yourself with the box arrow inserted under the shape. Nothing special. You can also draw it in word.

Question 6: How to draw a beautiful cross-functional flow chart with visio 1 Select File → New → Flowchart → Cross-functional Flowchart-> Create. 2. Drag and drop the left separator to the right drawing area. 3. The effect after dragging "Swim Lane" and separator is as follows. 4. Modify the text, drag and drop the shape from the left basic flowchart shape to the right drawing area, and then edit the text. Done. Note that the words and pictures are original.

Question: How does visio insert the swimming lane? The lane has a ready-made shape, just drag it over and use it.

1. If you draw an activity map with swimming lanes, the steps are as follows (similar to 2003):

1. Select the drawing type.

New-Software and Database-> UML model diagram

Select mold

UML activity diagram

3. Drag specific shapes onto the drawing page, including swimming lanes.

2. For business modeling, it is better to use another drawing type, cross-departmental functional flow chart, which can replace activity diagram.

Question 8: Does anyone know how to draw this swimming lane map (cross-departmental functional flow chart) with visio, and the parts marked in red? Click on the drawing tool at 5 o'clock, use the brush, and then draw.

Question 9: How to draw a flowchart with OfficeVisio? The easiest way:

Open a new file, select the flow chart, and you will get a template. Just follow the template.

Splicing method:

After opening the software, files, graphics, flowcharts and basic flowcharts are spelled out one by one, usually in the form of swimming lanes. Ann, spell it at the bottom.

Hope to adopt, the best template of listed companies has been given to you.

Question: how does omnigraffle draw a map of swimming lanes? On the Mac, you can draw the lane map directly with the EdrawMax Billion Map icon.

Yi Tu's function is similar to Microsoft's visio, which supports cross-platform operation and can be used on Windows, mac and linux at the same time. There are more than 200 types of drawing support, more than 20,000 built-in symbols, and a wealth of templates and examples.

You can create a billion maps directly through templates or examples, which is very convenient and fast.

How does visio draw a swimming lane map? Is there a villa with a swimming pool? The "swimming lane" has a ready-made shape, just drag it over and use it.

1. If you draw an activity map with swimming lanes, the steps are as follows (similar to 2003):

1. Select the drawing type.

New-Software and Database-> UML model diagram

Select mold

UML activity diagram

3. Drag a specific shape onto the drawing page, including "Swim Lane".

2. For business modeling, it is better to use another drawing type "cross-functional flow chart" instead of "activity chart".