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Onboarding delays come from the handoffs, not the work

Customer-onboarding swimlane - 5 lanes x 5 phases + handoffs, Security bottleneck

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Pattern

Swimlane Flow

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Example brief

A board cross-functional swimlane: enterprise SaaS customer onboarding. Lanes: Sales, Customer Success, Legal, Security (bottleneck, emphasized), Platform Ops. Phases: Contract signed, Kickoff, Security review, Technical setup, Go-live. Sales confirms scope and sends the order package; Legal validates non-standard terms; CS runs kickoff and captures success criteria; Platform Ops confirms tenant + integration assumptions; Security sends questionnaire and risk classification; Legal reviews DPA exceptions; Platform Ops provisions the tenant, SSO and sandbox; Security signs off controls; CS runs enablement and success-plan handover; Platform Ops monitors first-week incidents; Sales transitions sponsor ownership. Handoffs: order package -> kickoff -> security questionnaire -> tenant setup -> go-live handover. Takeaway: standardize the security handoff and tenant-readiness checklist to cut onboarding by two weeks.

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Brief path

curl -X POST https://api.slideforge.dev/v1/render/auto \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sf_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "brief": "A board cross-functional swimlane: enterprise SaaS customer onboarding. Lanes: Sales, Customer Success, Legal, Security " }'

Structured intent (this template)

{
  "pattern": "swimlane_flow",
  "title": "Onboarding delays come from the handoffs, not the work",
  "subtitle": "Enterprise customer onboarding - who does what, by phase",
  "phases": [
    {
      "id": "contract",
      "label": "Contract signed"
    },
    {
      "id": "kickoff",
      "label": "Kickoff"
    },
    {
      "id": "security",
      "label": "Security review"
    },
    {
      "id": "setup",
      "label": "Technical setup"
    },
    {
      "id": "golive",
      "label": "Go-live"
    }
  ],
  "lanes": [
    {
      "id": "sales",
      "label": "Sales"
    },
    {
      "id": "cs",
      "label": "Customer Success"
    },
    {
      "id": "legal",
      "label": "Legal"
    },
    {
      "id": "security",
      "label": "Security",
      "emphasis": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "platform",
      "label": "Platform Ops"
    }
  ],
  "activities": [
    {
      "id": "a1",
      "lane_id": "sales",
      "phase_id": "contract",
      "title": "Send order package",
      "detail": "Scope + sponsor notes"
    },
    {
      "id": "a2",
      "lane_id": "legal",
      "phase_id": "contract",
      "title": "Validate terms",
      "detail": "Non-standard clauses"
    },
    {
      "id": "a3",
      "lane_id": "cs",
      "phase_id": "kickoff",
      "title": "Run kickoff",
      "detail": "Capture success criteria"
    },
    {
      "id": "a4",
      "lane_id": "platform",
      "phase_id": "kickoff",
      "title": "Confirm tenant",
      "detail": "Integration assumptions"
    },
    {
      "id": "a5",
      "lane_id": "security",
      "phase_id": "security",
      "title": "Risk questionnaire",
      "detail": "Classify + send"
    },
    {
      "id": "a6",
      "lane_id": "legal",
      "phase_id": "security",
      "title": "DPA exceptions"
    },
    {
      "id": "a7",
      "lane_id": "cs",
      "phase_id": "security",
      "title": "Keep customer aligned"
    },
    {
      "id": "a8",
      "lane_id": "platform",
      "phase_id": "setup",
      "title": "Provision tenant",
      "detail": "SSO + sandbox"
    },
    {
      "id": "a9",
      "lane_id": "security",
      "phase_id": "setup",
      "title": "Sign off controls",
      "detail": "SSO + audit logging"
    },
    {
      "id": "a10",
      "lane_id": "cs",
      "phase_id": "golive",
      "title": "Enablement handover",
      "detail": "Success plan"
    },
    {
      "id": "a11",
      "lane_id": "platform",
      "phase_id": "golive",
      "title": "Monitor week one"
    },
    {
      "id": "a12",
      "lane_id": "sales",
      "phase_id": "golive",
      "title": "Transition sponsor"
    }
  ],
  "handoffs": [
    {
      "from": "a1",
      "to": "a3",
      "label": "order package"
    },
    {
      "from": "a3",
      "to": "a5",
      "label": "kickoff notes"
    },
    {
      "from": "a5",
      "to": "a8",
      "label": "cleared"
    },
    {
      "from": "a8",
      "to": "a10",
      "label": "tenant ready"
    }
  ],
  "takeaway": "Standardize the security handoff and tenant-readiness checklist to cut onboarding by two weeks."
}

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