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Timelines Block

Process Overview

A process-flow block for explaining stages, handoffs, or operating rhythm.

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Process

From intake to decision

Map the handoffs that turn inputs into outcomes.

Intake

Review

Decision

Close

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OPF Config

blocks:process-overview
Open Presentation Format
{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "Process Overview",
  "description": "A process-flow block for explaining stages, handoffs, or operating rhythm.",
  "tone": "technical",
  "narrative": "what-so-what-now-what",
  "takeaway": "Explain a workflow from first input to final outcome.",
  "tags": [
    "content-block",
    "gallery:blocks/process-overview"
  ],
  "design": {
    "colorScheme": "forest-green",
    "fontScheme": "open-sans",
    "background": {
      "type": "solid",
      "color": "#ffffff"
    }
  },
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "process-overview",
      "layout": "process-flow",
      "title": "From intake to decision",
      "subtitle": "A simple operating flow with visible handoffs.",
      "timeline": {
        "events": [
          {
            "what": "Intake"
          },
          {
            "what": "Review"
          },
          {
            "what": "Decision"
          },
          {
            "what": "Close"
          }
        ]
      },
      "design": {
        "contentBox": false,
        "contentAlignment": "left",
        "titleAlignment": "left",
        "contentDirection": "horizontal"
      }
    }
  ],
  "catalogs": {
    "layouts": {
      "records": [
        {
          "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-layout/v1",
          "id": "process-flow",
          "name": "Process_Flow",
          "label": "Process Flow",
          "summary": "Step-by-step sequence with arrows or connectors. Shows how something works, from input to output.",
          "description": "Step-by-step sequence with arrows or connectors. Shows how something works, from input to output.",
          "tags": [
            "Steps",
            "Workflow",
            "Sequential"
          ],
          "master": "Gallery",
          "masterSlideIndex": 18,
          "groupHash": "10e4f2138e7f9a48a3fba4f229d8889173da0b3468db7b64a4582d218c1b14be",
          "groupDefault": true,
          "contentType": "Timeline",
          "contentMultiple": "1x",
          "contentAlignment": "Left",
          "contentBox": false,
          "contentTypeChartPrimary": "None",
          "contentTypeImageFill": "None",
          "contentTypeListBullet": "None",
          "contentTypeListHeading": false,
          "slideTitle": true,
          "slideTitleAlignment": "Left",
          "slideImage": false,
          "slideImageAlignment": "None",
          "slideLayoutDirection": "Horizontal",
          "zones": [
            {
              "role": "title",
              "placeholder": "title"
            },
            {
              "role": "timeline",
              "placeholder": "timeline content 2"
            }
          ],
          "preview": {},
          "details": "Step-by-step sequence with arrows or connectors. Shows how something works, from input to output. OPF placeholders: title, timeline.",
          "category": "visual-storytelling",
          "spatialCategory": "single zone",
          "contentTypeTags": [
            "mixed",
            "timeline"
          ],
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "type": "title"
            },
            {
              "type": "timeline"
            }
          ],
          "slideSubtitle": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
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Use Case

Use when a workflow needs to be understood end to end.

When to Use

For operations, onboarding, service delivery, and implementation decks.

When to Avoid

Avoid when the process is non-linear and needs a journey map instead.

Block Structure

process-flow

From intake to decision

A simple operating flow with visible handoffs.

  • -Intake
  • -Review
  • -Decision
  • -Close

Best Practices

1

Use verbs for stages.

2

Keep exceptions out of the main flow.

3

Show ownership only when it changes the decision.

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