Process Model Lane Assignments

I don't use swim lanes at all until and unless I have a specific reason to use them.  Usually this is involving task assignments which would need to remain consistent in a lane, and sometimes it's more about visual flow organization (though that can turn into too much of a pain in the butt very quickly).  In the latter case, which sounds like it applies to you, I don't see any particular reason to set any lane-specific permissions.

Just to stoke some controversy...I mandate the use of swimlanes. For me they form part of the documentation (I hate having to open up individual nodes to find the actual assignment, it's an extra click that could be avoided). I understand the "we don't have task assignments therefore don't need swimlanes" argument, but that doesn't take into account that that is a point-in-time position. That might not be true tomorrow. Tomorrow you might have a Task Assignment. You then have to make assignments at the node level (see previous "I hate..." statement)

Totally agree IF you have task assignments and adding in swim lanes if you add a task assignment at a later time is trivial. But I avoid using user input tasks as much as possible so these use cases are few and far between.

Totally agree IF you have task assignments and adding in swim lanes if you add a task assignment at a later time is trivial. But I avoid using user input tasks as much as possible so these use cases are few and far between.