Meet the new BigPicture navigation
A faster, smarter, and more intuitive way to work is here. We’ve redesigned BigPicture navigation to give you a smoother experience and better access to what matters most.
→ Discover what’s new, explore key improvements, and review feature name updates on the New navigation page.
→ The rollout will happen gradually, and the previous navigation will be retired in September 2026.
Swimlanes and grouping
Swimlanes and grouping (old navigation)
Available swimlanes
Organize data into the following swimlanes:
Swimlane | Result |
|---|---|
Individuals | People assigned to tasks (assignee) |
Teams | BigPicture teams (go to the teams module to review the teams). |
Projects new | Sub-boxes (for a project box that would be lower-level boxes, such as Program Increments, Iterations, Stages, Sprints etc.; for a portfolio box those would be project boxes in a portfolio) |
Skills New | BigPicture skills assigned to tasks |
Grouping
The new grouping mechanism allows for a two-level grouping of tasks. Grouping provides you with better insight into your portfolio. Now, you can easily track things like individual allocation and workload across projects and teams.
Adjust the view to ensure you get the most out of your data.
Thanks to grouping, you can get high-level insights into your projects on a portfolio level (see a few examples):
Based on assigned tasks, what is the workload assigned to each person in a project.
What percentage of individuals' capacity is allocated to a project.
Workload associated with timeboxes on a project level (insight into the person’s aggregate workload in each timebox)
Manage grouping
Activate grouping
Adjust the view to ensure you get the most out of your data.
First, select the main swimlane. Then, select how to group the data further into additional swimlanes.
Note: Grouping is unavailable when the box you are in doesn’t have sub-boxes.
Grouping combinations
The new mechanism currently allows for the following grouping combinations.
Individuals by:
projects (sub-boxes)
teams
Teams by:
projects (sub-boxes)
individuals
projects (sub-boxes) by:
individuals
teams
Clear grouping
Click the orange dot to clear the grouping.
View adjustment
Make adjustments to ensure you get the insights you’re after.
Settings | Options |
|---|---|
Time period | Y - Year H - Half Year Q - Quater M - Month W - Week |
Aggregation |
|
Effort mode | |
View | |
Affected by
Coloring rules when grouping.
Swimlanes and grouping (new navigation)
Available swimlanes
Organize data into the following swimlanes:
Swimlane | Result |
|---|---|
Individuals | People assigned to tasks (assignee) |
Teams | BigPicture teams (go to the teams module to review the teams). |
Projects new | Sub-boxes (for a project box that would be lower-level boxes, such as Program Increments, Iterations, Stages, Sprints etc.; for a portfolio box those would be project boxes in a portfolio) |
Skills New | BigPicture skills assigned to tasks |
Grouping
The new grouping mechanism allows for a two-level grouping of tasks. Grouping provides you with better insight into your portfolio. Now, you can easily track things like individual allocation and workload across projects and teams.
Adjust the view to ensure you get the most out of your data.
Thanks to grouping, you can get high-level insights into your projects on a portfolio level (see a few examples):
Based on assigned tasks, what is the workload assigned to each person in a project.
What percentage of individuals' capacity is allocated to a project.
Workload associated with timeboxes on a project level (insight into the person’s aggregate workload in each timebox)
Manage grouping
Activate grouping
Adjust the view to ensure you get the most out of your data.
First, select the main swimlane. Then, select how to group the data further into additional swimlanes.
Note: Grouping is unavailable when the box you are in doesn’t have sub-boxes.
Grouping combinations
The new mechanism currently allows for the following grouping combinations.
Individuals by:
projects (sub-boxes)
teams
Teams by:
projects (sub-boxes)
individuals
projects (sub-boxes) by:
individuals
teams
Clear grouping
Click the orange dot to clear the grouping.
View adjustment
Make adjustments to ensure you get the insights you’re after.
Settings | Options |
|---|---|
Time period | Y - Year H - Half Year Q - Quater M - Month W - Week |
Aggregation |
|
Modes |
|
View |
|
Affected by
Coloring rules when grouping.