How to plan & track capacity planning in JIRA?

Question

Hi Team,

I wanted to plan and track capacity planning and resource mapping for quarterly planning in JIRA. Is there any available way without taking any additional plugins in JIRA and achieve  this.

Also, Please let me know if there are any best suitable project templates in JIRA which can help in tracking Progress.

Thankyou!

RVS_Support · Answer

Hi @shravya chinthapatla

You will need an app for this requirement. There are multiple marketplace apps for capacity planning

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 and remaining time per user. Do try it out.

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

Irina Cherkasova - Planyway · Answer

Hi @shravya chinthapatla

I'm afraid this can't be done without an additional plugin, so I suggest that you consider Planyway plugin for Jira that will help you get what you are after.

After setting working hours across the team and adding time estimations to tasks, you will be able to see in percentages the free time that each teammate has on their hands and allocate or redistribute the workload accordingly. The overallocated hours will be shown as well.

Furthermore, by stretching scheduled items to a side, you can change their duration and therefore, optimize the workload to make sure it doesn’t exceed the daily capacity.

If you have any further questions, we can schedule a demo to showcase you the full capacity of the tool pared with your user case

Yuliia Hushcha _Reliex_ · Answer

Hi @shravya chinthapatla

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 each employee taking into consideration the part-time, full-time, or even different work schemes for users, and holidays.

You can plan and track capacity planning and resource mapping for quarterly planning in Jira as well.

Workload or availability could be calculated for individuals or teams on the same view. And you can create the work schedule and set the number of hours (or story points) for team members.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask me. We can provide a demo session for you if need it.