Swimlane diagrams are from the 1940s[0]. IGrafx trademarked it in 1996. They're often used to model process' that span people, roles or security boundaries [1][2][3].

Sequence-diagram participants[4], and gantt-sections[5] are sometimes used to represent the same.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimlane

[1]: https://swimlanes.io/

[2]: https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/tutorial/swimlane-diagram

[3]: https://www.drawio.com/blog/swimlane-diagrams

[4]: https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/sequenceDiagram.html#participa...

[5]: https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/gantt.html#syntax