Organization Units (OOM )

An organization unit can represent a company, a system, a service, an organization, a user or a role, which is responsible for an activity. In UML, an organization unit is called a swimlane, while in the OOM, "swimlane" refers to the symbol of the organization unit.

An organization unit can be created in an activity diagram and can contain any of the other activity diagram objects:

• Creating an Organization Unit
  Create an organization unit to show the participant responsible for the execution of activities.
• Organization Unit Properties
  To view or edit an organization unit's properties, double-click its diagram symbol or Browser or list entry. The property sheet tabs and fields listed here are those available by default, before any customization of the interface by you or an administrator.
• Attaching Activities to Organization Units
  Attach activities to organization units to graphically assign responsibility for them. When activities are attached to an organization unit displayed in a swimlane, the organization unit name is displayed in the Organization Unit list of their property sheets.
• Displaying a Committee Activity
  A committee activity is a decomposed activity whose sub-activities are managed by several organization units.
• Moving, Resizing, Copying, and Pasting Swimlanes
  Each group of one or more swimlanes forms a pool. You can create multiple pools in a diagram, and each pool is generally used to represent a separate organization. To select an individual swimlane in a pool, click its header. To select a pool, click any of its swimlanes or position the cursor above the pool, until you see a vertical arrow pointing to the frame, then click to display the selection frame.
• Creating Links Between Pools of Swimlanes
  Create links between pools or between activities in separated pools to represent interactions between them.
• Grouping Swimlanes
  Group organization unit swimlanes within a pool to organize them under a common parent or user-defined name.
• Changing the Orientation and Format of Swimlanes
  You can change the orientation of swimlanes so that they run vertically (from top to bottom) or horizontally (from left to right). All swimlanes in a diagram must have the same orientation.