# Visualize Your Work Process with these Swimlanes 🏊‍♀️

**URL:** <https://community.bluescape.com/t/visualize-your-work-process-with-these-swimlanes/2974>\
**Category:** Made by Blue\
**Tags:** agile\
**Created:** [February 1, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.bluescape.com/t/visualize-your-work-process-with-these-swimlanes/2974 "2023-02-01T18:07:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![michellefs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@michellefs](https://community.bluescape.com/u/michellefs)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.bluescape.com/t/visualize-your-work-process-with-these-swimlanes/2974/1 "2023-02-01T18:07:10Z")

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# Swimlanes

Projects or processes involving multiple people creates more opportunity for miscommunication and poor organization. Using a **swimlanes** template to map out all roles, responsibilities, and timelines helps provide a clear operational picture and reduce confusion about the tasks.

 ![Swimlanes](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bluescape/original/2X/0/0c4ec5be5a77e3b507d84c45a7abb55d8687bded.png)

List which departments, teams, or individuals are involved, adding one name per lane. Define your responsibility flow with shapes :shapes: for each lane or cross-lane from start to finish.

**Tip:** Use [line connectors](https://community.bluescape.com/t/adding-lines-line-connectors-and-modifying-line-routing/3769) to connect your objects.

# Kanban Swimlanes

A **Kanban swimlane** template combines a [Kanban board](https://community.bluescape.com/t/understand-status-of-tasks-using-the-kanban-method/960) with a swimlanes diagram. This agile method makes it simple to track the tasks each team is responsible for by moving tasks through the different statuses as each is worked on and then completed.

 ![Kanban Swimlanes](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bluescape/original/2X/7/7d450179b2182a7894f3deaad638cbfc08e33d3c.png)

Three vertical columns represent the status of each task needed to complete a project:

1. Requested
2. In-Progress
3. Done

Each row (or swimlane) represents a department, team, or team member involved in the project. You can use the notecards :notecard: provided to map and define _who_ is responsible for _what_ task.

Based on the status of each task, it is up to the swimlane owner to update the progress of their tasks.

Try it out and reply below!

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