This is a process map made with Ver Dura Complexity (https://complexity.verdura.cc). It shows a multistep process as steps joined by what flows between them. nodes: the steps of the process. Each has a name, a description, a class, tags, a lane ("layer" in the data), and maybe a group. objects: the things that flow between steps, such as a document, a decision or a product. A node "requires" objects (its inputs) and "produces" objects (its outputs). connections: each joins one output of a node ("from") to one input of another node ("to"). Both ends carry the same object. Follow connections to follow the process. A connection back to an earlier step is a loop. if: an output with "if" is produced only on that condition. Several outputs of one node with different conditions are a branch. classes: kinds of step (for example a person, a machine, a source). They may carry a description. tags: free marks on nodes. The tag "Problem" marks a step that has an issue. layers: the lanes of the map: places or stages of the process, in order. Every node and group is on one lane. groups: bundles of steps on one lane. A group may sit inside another group ("parent"). notes: stage notes. Each is an observation about one or more steps ("nodes"): what works well there, what goes wrong, an idea. It has a heading, a text ("body"), maybe a type, and maybe tags. Read them to judge the steps they are on. noteTypes: the kinds of stage note, in the order the map owner ranks them (for example Good and Bad). A note with no type has none of them. place: "start" on the step the map owner marked as where the process begins, "finish" on the step where it ends. Other steps with no inputs or no outputs are further starting or end points. An input with nothing connected to it comes from outside the map; an output with nothing connected leaves the map or is not used yet. The same map as JSON: https://complexity.verdura.cc/view/loz0noFLsiGGO9O2SnoXdzC1/map.json # IA demo A process map with 15 steps, 17 connections and 0 stage notes. ## Lanes (in order) 1. Main 2. Global links ## Groups - Blog (lane: Main) - About us (lane: Main) ## Objects (what flows between steps) - Link - Secondary link: The primary link is on the page itself, these ones are supporting (from navigation, sidebars, see also etc.) ## Classes (kinds of step) - Page - Page area ## Steps ### Home page class: Page; lane: Main - produces Link if Big block of Product A to "Product A" - produces Link if Big block of Product B to "Product B" - produces Link if Block about company to "About us" ### Terms of service class: Page; lane: Global links - requires Link from "Footer" ### Privacy policy class: Page; lane: Global links - requires Link from "Footer" ### Search/search results class: Page; lane: Global links - requires Link from "Header" - produces Link if Goes to specific page (nothing connected) ### Product A class: Page; lane: Main - requires Link from "Home page" - requires Secondary link from "Header" ### Product B class: Page; lane: Main - requires Link from "Home page" - requires Secondary link from "Header" ### Blog class: Page; lane: Main; group: Blog - requires Link from "Header" - produces Link if List of themes/subsections to "Theme archive" - produces Link if For the last items to "Blog entry page" ### About us class: Page; lane: Main; group: About us - requires Link from "Home page" - requires Secondary link from "Header" - produces Link to "We are (the roster)" - produces Link to "Company history" - produces Link to "Office / Contact form" ### Theme archive class: Page; lane: Main; group: Blog - requires Link from "Blog" - produces Link to "Blog entry page" ### Blog entry page class: Page; lane: Main; group: Blog - requires Link from "Theme archive" - requires Link from "Blog" ### Footer class: Page area; lane: Global links - produces Link to "Terms of service" - produces Link to "Privacy policy" - produces Link to "Office / Contact form" ### We are (the roster) class: Page; lane: Main; group: About us - requires Link from "About us" ### Company history class: Page; lane: Main; group: About us - requires Link from "About us" ### Office / Contact form class: Page; lane: Main; group: About us - requires Link from "About us" - requires Link from "Footer" ### Header class: Page area; lane: Global links - produces Secondary link to "Product A" - produces Secondary link to "Product B" - produces Secondary link to "About us" - produces Link to "Search/search results" - produces Link to "Blog"