I am using RTC 1.0 on an agile project with multiple sponsors, working towards quarterly releases.

I have a single Development Line setup for a release (Q1) and several iterations (I1, I2, I3). Under each iteration, I am able to create sub-iterations for each sponsor (BOB, MARY, JOHN) so that they can create their own iteration plans, prioritize stories, etc. They each have their own Team Areas, Plans, Dashboards, etc.

This setup works very well, except for one thing. I can only set one sub-iteration as "Current." Since I'm dealing with one iteration (I1) with swimlanes (BOB, MARY, JOHN), I actually need multiple current. I would love to either set multiple iterations as current or set the top-level iteration (I1) as current and have each sub-iteration inherit.

Wouldn't it be nice to have an iteration type of Swimlane to allow us to create multiple iteration plans for our different sponsors?

Is there any way to accomplish this using RTC 1.0, or is this a new feature request? Thanks,
Brian

Thanks for that reply! This appears to be exactly what I need.

My mistake was assuming that I could only have one plan per iteration.

I can have one iteration (I1) and three plans under that iteration (BOB, MARY, JOHN) without having to create sub-iterations. When I mark that iteration (I1) as "current," all three plans are current. Each sponsor can manage their own plan, and the Team Area is associated through the "Filed Against" work item category. Perfect.

Thanks again,
Brian