Swimlane in User Story Map

What is a Swimlane?

Swimlane splits the story map horizontally to show what is in and out of each release.

Swimlane in Story Map by ProductGo is of 3 types:

Release
Sprint
No swimlane

Release Swimlane Mode

How to create a Swimlane?

By default the Sprint is disabled, enable them by going to the Admin Settings.

Change among the swimlane modes in the User Settings.

To create a new Release/Sprint swimlane, go to the portion below the Steps. Hover your mouse over the swimlanes, and click on the + button with the line that appears.

A window will appear to add details for the Release/Sprint.

Both types will require the following details:

Name of Release/Sprint
Start Date/End Date
Description/Goal

Click the Save button to finish the creation.

After the creation, users can add the stories to the swimlanes by:

Create new stories directly in the swimlanes
Drag and drop the stories from the Unscheduled (for Release type)/Backlog (for Sprint type) swimlane on the bottom of the swimlane
Drag and drop the stories from the Issues without epics option on the board menu

Start/Complete a Sprint or Release a Version

Users can Start/End a Sprint or Release a Release directly in the Story Map.

Start/Complete a Sprint

Go to the More options button on the sprint swimlane to find the Start/Complete option for a Sprint.

After starting a sprint, the swimlane will show up the Active Sprint badge

By clicking the Complete option, the summary screen will appear. Users can choose the location for the incomplete issues from the dropdown list.

Release a Version

Go to the More options button on the release swimlane to find the Release option for a Release.

By clicking the Release option, the summary screen will appear. Users can choose the location for the incomplete issues from the dropdown list or ignore them.