Publishing an article · Swimlane

Swimlane · Diagram Design

# Publishing an article

Four actors, seven steps, three handoffs. The step each person owns lives in their lane — arrows crossing lanes are where coordination happens.

THE HEADLINE

### The deploy trigger is the risky edge

Every other step lives inside one person's head. The Editor→CI/CD handoff is where automation takes over and humans lose the ability to undo — hence coral.

### One owner per step

- No step crosses two lanes
- Handoffs are arrows, not shared steps
- Dashed arrow = revision detour

### Uneven step counts are fine

The Reviewer lane has one step; CI/CD has two. Lanes don't need to match — they exist to make ownership unambiguous.