Here are some other design guidelines.

• Strive to have a flat structure: remove layers of drilldowns so you do not get lost in the maze. Footers help you with this. Rather than drilling down to get to something, you can put that option in the footer.

• Setup refers to a one-time event like configuring a new system, which is separate from run activities that occur daily. Do not clutter a map with something you did a long time ago and will not have to do again, so keep your setup

and run maps separate.

• If you are showing tasks for different departments on the same map, you can change the row color to create a “swim lane” that distinguishes it as something apart from the rest of the nodes. You also might create swim lanes to

differentiate weekly and daily tasks.