====== Main process flow in a properly organized diagram tends to be V-shaped ====== {{tag>sequence_flow lane visual_style}} It's typical for a process diagram to run from top-left corner down (involving more participants) and right (following the time axis) and then return back to the initiator. ===== ✔ How to =====
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yes ===== Exceptions ===== It's rather a common pattern than a strict rule so exceptions are many. ===== See also ===== * [[en:rule:time_flows_left_to_right]] ===== Автор(ы) ===== --- //[[user:bell|Anatoly Belaychuk]] 2023-09-13 14:04//