Talk:Swimlane

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Where can i find more information about Swim Lanes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.225.32.162 (talk) 08:01, April 23, 2008

+1 I'd like to have more information too, esp. concerning the History. For now I think one can use Google. --77.191.17.133 (talk) 05:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Rummler-Brache?
Anything about the sources of Swimlane, who developed it, the DDR (see http://www.swimlane.info/tgl.htm) or Rummler-Brache or somebody else? Where's the knowhow here? --77.191.17.133 (talk) 05:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Look for Process Deployment Flowcharts credited to Myron Tribus —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.245.32.2 (talk) 13:22, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

What is the origin?
I could not figure out what exactly a 'swimlane' was. After a look around I discovered this article.

In question of origin - I'm baffled; it seemed to pop up as pop culture.

A functional band is the original term for swimlane. It is a matter of debate if the new term is more reflective of the meaning of its use or is just an easier to remember term as a metaphor rather than actual use. Another reason (my particular favorite) is that corporate America is a male dominated population that is as enamored with sports metaphor as it is with spending far too much time creating flowcharts (and, also, using PowerPoint) rather than thinking. Another theory is that, in order to sell new textbooks, professors that write them change terms arbitrarily to force poor students (and parents) to buy new texts based upon pure BS.

As a professional communicator of over twenty years I find that often terms are changed for change sake and do not increase but, rather, decrease the communication of the concept. A 'functional band' both describes what it looks like in the process flowchart diagram and what it does. A 'swimlane' does not.

Welcome to another episode in the dumbing down of America. And we wonder why the Chinese doing so well? TW Burger (talk) 05:58, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Um, right. I don't think any conspiracy theories are necessary here. Your conspiracy theory about male-dominated culture is silly, as swimming is not exactly the most common sport American males think of. Why not call it a "hash mark diagram" in analogy with the hash marks on a football field? Perhaps it's called a swimlane diagram because ... drum roll, please ... it looks like a set of swimlanes? As to "functional band" being the original term, I don't recall that at all. I've always heard them called swimlanes; not until I read this wikipedia article just now had I ever heard the term "functional band." Fool4jesus (talk) 14:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

CIM?
What does CIM stand for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aspen44 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)