How to do capacity planning in Jira?

Question

Every quarter we need to plan Engineering capacity to commit if we can deliver the requirements from different departments. Is there any tool or plugin that can simplify the job of capacity planning?

We use google sheets for this purpose but looking for a solution in Jira.

Bilal Warsi_lgqps4 · Answer

Thanks.  Please arrange a demo. My email is bwarsi@gmail.com

Yuliia Hushcha _Reliex_ · Answer

Hi @Bilal Warsi

Welcome to our community:)

If you consider using a plugin I would suggest ActivityTimeline. ActivityTimeline provides resource planning and availability on a timeline view.

You can track tasks progress, workload, and availability for your Engineering team or particular employee taking into consideration the part-time, full-time, or even different work schemes for users, and holidays. You can integrate it with external calendars as well.

If you have any additional requirements please feel free to ask me. We can provide a demo session for you if needed.

RVS_Support · Answer

Hi @Bilal Warsi

Welcome to the community !!

With Advanced roadmaps (available on Jira Premium), capacity planning feature is available.

Else you can try out marketplace apps. 
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=jira&query=capacity

We have also built an app for the same use case.

Capacity Planner

The app allows to store the capacity for individual users and save as templates. which can be mapped to a sprint to track the allocation.

Disclaimer : I am part of the team which developed this app