Organize with swimlanes

Swimlanes group issues horizontally by assignee or team, making it easier to see who is working on what.

Enable swimlanes

  1. On the Board, click View or Organize
  2. Select Group by Assignee or Group by Team

The board reorganizes to show swimlanes.

Swimlanes by assignee

Issues are grouped under each team member’s name. Unassigned issues appear at the top.

This view helps you:

  • See each person’s workload at a glance
  • Identify overallocation
  • Spot unassigned work

Swimlanes by team

Issues are grouped under each team name. Unassigned issues appear at a separate section.

This view helps you:

  • See team progress
  • Track blockers by team
  • Identify team dependencies

Remove swimlanes

  1. Click View or Organize
  2. Select No grouping or Standard view

The board returns to column-only view.

On this page

  1. Enable swimlanes
  2. Swimlanes by assignee
  3. Swimlanes by team
  4. Remove swimlanes

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