Row/Swimlane WIP Constraints

[Karl Fuchs]

This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Configuring Columns

I have an expedite swim-lane, and do not want the column WIP constraint to apply to these expedite items. Therefore - want to set a row constraint for the expedite lane. Is this possible?

[Tarun Sapra]

Hi Karl,

It's indeed an important feature to have WIP for swimlanes, but currently it isn't possible, please vote here - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSW-3681 and see the comments as well.

[Tarun Sapra]

One of the comments "Please provide this issue at your earliest convenience. We absolutely need it provide WIP limit for Expedite swimlanes."

[Scott Woyak]

I didn't see a "vote" button on that issue.

We just started using a Kanban board thinking we could start with the very basic scenario of an Expedite swimlane that with no WIP limit and a Other swimlane that we could set a WIP limit on.  That seems like an essential (must-have) requirement for a Kanban board to be able to support different WIP limits based on the swimlane.

[Scott Woyak]

Found the "vote button and voted.

[Yuri Kudin]

Hi there,

I am not sure if it is still relevant but it might be useful for other people who have the same problem.

We have created an Advanced agile board that support WIP per swimlane and WIP for each cell (Intersection of Swimlane and Column). This tool is perfectly suited for Kanban implementation.

Also, we are working on multicolumn WIPs now. 

Only one disadvantage, that the add on is available for Cloud only. The datacenter version will be released in early 2022.

I hope this add on can help you.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223877/advanced-kanban-agile-boards?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_campaign=content-strategy&utm_source=community-atlassian&utm_medium=questions&utm_content=aab-wip

Cheers,

Yuri