Question 1

Getting Started

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Getting Started with SequenceStack: How to Make a Simple Diagram

SequenceStack helps you quickly create sequence diagrams that reduce complexity, increase transparency, and help teams track their work more effectively. Let’s get started by building a simple sequence diagram.

Step 1: Create a New Diagram

Log in to your SequenceStack account. From the dashboard, click on the “Create New Diagram” button. Choose the Simple Sequence Diagram option.

Step 2: Define Your Participants Add participants by clicking the “Add Participant” button. These can represent people, systems, or processes. Label each participant with clear, descriptive names. For example: User Backend Server Database

Step 3: Define the Interactions Click on the participant to start drawing interactions. Draw lines between participants to show the flow of communication. Add labels to each interaction to describe the task or request being made. For example: User → Backend Server: "Login Request" Backend Server → Database: "Validate Credentials" Database → Backend Server: "Send Response" Backend Server → User: "Login Success"

Step 4: Organize and Preview Rearrange the participants and interactions to ensure clarity. Use the Preview button to see how your diagram looks. Make any final adjustments for layout or labels.

Step 5: Save and Share Once your diagram looks good, click Save. You can now share the diagram with your team or export it as an image for documentation. That’s it! You’ve created your first se

Question 2

Scenario Building Instructions

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| # Instructions For Scenario Building | SequenceStack enables you to create tailored scenarios for your organization by defining workflows and interactions using our sequence engine. There are some basic instructions you can provide to make your custom scenario tailored for your organization. At SequenceStack, you can augment your own custom instructions with our sequence engine.

Here is an example of an outstanding set of instructions.

Title: "Hiring Approval Process At Acme Co for [_name_]"
Purpose: "We want to outline the initial review steps for hiring approval."
Only Use These Roles: Applicant, Hiring Manager
Limit of Lifelines To 3
Limit the number of messages to keep this sequence brief.
Include this note before your sequence: "For more info, see: [OPM hiring Guidelines.](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/)

Example Google Hiring Scenario

Building Your Sequence Headers

Set up your headers right from the start.

Setting The Right Title

Adjust Your Title Instructions "Title: Some Action: - [One-word summary of input]"

Establish a Purpose

Let SequenceStack know what you purpose it Use this purpose: "We want to break out the workflow for [_Specific Process_]"

Adding Content

Include a note to help the reader get oriented.
``Include this note before your sequence: "For more info, see [website](http

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