Universal Methods of Design

RESEARCH DELIVERABLE

72 Scenario Description Swimlanes

Scenario description swimlanes are deliverables that visualize the activities of multiple actors in a flow of events and prove that a holistic perspective is greater than the sum of its parts.¹

Scenario description swimlanes can benefit any project where several processes or actors have to come together to shape the outcome of the same flow of events. Its direct, visual nature provides a bird’s-eye view of all of the moving parts within a story, and serves to get everyone on a project team on the same page, regardless of individual technical abilities. Because swimlanes represent multiple ...