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A swim lane flow chart is a visual representation that distinguishes duties and responsibilities as well as process and sub-processes.
Swim lane flowcharts are used to clarify a complex process; they help identify bottlenecks in a process, and also which department is responsible for them.
Swim lane flow charts are used by multi-department businesses to depict responsibility and accountability of an activity to a team, department, or individual.
Focus on "who does what"; select a process to start with; determine the process "owner"; add activities as swim lanes