Creating whiteboard swimlanes based on build locations

You can use build locations to categorise pull plan tasks according to the place at which they are carried out. For example, you could have locations that represent different plot numbers, or different floors of a multistorey building. When using a whiteboard to manage pull plans, you can create a swimlane for each build location, then move the tasks on the whiteboard into the appropriate swimlane to group tasks by build location.

To create a swimlane for a build location in a pull plan's whiteboard:

  1. Click Pull Plans in the left pane. The Pull Plans page appears.
  2. Click a pull plan in the list.
  3. Click Whiteboard.
  4. If the whiteboard swimlanes currently represent project teams, click the Swimlanes control and select Build Locations to display a swimlane for each build location.
  5. On the Pull Plan Whiteboard page, click a downward-pointing arrow at the bottom-right of an existing swimlane to display the swimlane menu:

    The swimlane menu
  6. Click Insert Swimlane Above to insert a new swimlane immediately above the existing swimlane, or click Insert Swimlane Below to insert a new swimlane immediately beneath the existing swimlane. The Insert Swimlane Above or Insert Swimlane Below dialog appears.
  7. A Build Location field is displayed in the dialog. Select the build location for which you want to create a swimline - for example 'Plot 3' - and click Insert. A new swimlane for the selected build location appears on the whiteboard:

    A new swimlane

If you want to create a swimlane for a build location that has not yet been created, you can click New Build Location in the Insert Swimlane Above or Insert Swimlane Below dialog to create the new build location. Once you have created the new build location, a swimlane for that location is added to the whiteboard.

Related Topics:

Using a whiteboard to manage pull plans

Working with build locations

Creating build locations

Viewing and editing build location details