Business process modelling

deliverable oriented decomposition of a project into smaller components (in project management and systems engineering)

graphical representation for specifying business processes

activity of representing processes of an enterprise

A swimlane (as in swimlane diagram) is used in process flow diagrams, or flowcharts, that visually distinguishes job sharing and responsibilities for sub-processes of a business process. Swimlanes may be arranged either horizontally or vertically. thumb|Swimlane flowchart. Here, the swimlanes are named Customer, Sales, Contracts, Legal, and Fulfillment, and are arranged vertically.