Stephan talks about the use of Swim Lane diagrams to show change in systems and artifacts over time. For IT teams, Swim Lane diagrams are a great way to show how vendor products have changed / improved over time, and what is expected to come later.

“Swim lane diagrams are a part of UML and typically used to show the flow between modules of a system. I’m using swim lanes to visualize application flow with the help of Sequence that allows me to type the flow rather than draw all of it. But the use of swim lanes is not limited to program flow. I have a great history book that uses swim lanes to show what happened on every continent over a time line. Back to software development. You can use swim lanes to document the development process and its components: story board, use case, feature, user experience, business process, tools and systems.“

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