swimlane in visio

Microsoft Visio 2010 : Creating Swimlane Diagrams

One final note about the Visio 2010 take on cross-functional flowcharts: although the end result looks very much as it has in previous versions of Visio, the underlying structure is very different

Microsoft Visio 2010 : Adding Labels to Flowcharts & Understanding Swimlane Diagrams

Swimlane diagrams are a popular variation on flowcharts because they correct one significant failing of flowcharts: very few flowcharts show who is responsible for each of the steps or who makes the key decisions.

Microsoft Visio 2010 : Creating and Validating Process Diagrams - Understanding BPMN, Creating and Validating BPMN Diagrams

Microsoft provides five stencils with the Visio 2010 BPMN template. The key masters in the first stencil, BPMN Basic Shapes, include the primary Event types described in the previous section, a generic Gateway, and a basic Activity type called a task (see the graphic on the left).

Microsoft Visio 2010 : Containers and Lists (part 2) - Lists

Lists are special container shapes that keep members stacked together in a single column or row. What’s great about lists is that you can drag member shapes up or down in the order, and the other shapes automatically rearrange themselves in the list.