Can anyone point me to the visualization of capacity and resource planning in Premium?

Question

I know Premium offers help in resource and capacity planning.  I am seeing many plug-ins in marketplace with nice offerings.  Before my organization commits to Premium, I want to understand what the capacity planning visualizations and reporting looks like.  Can anyone point me to what comes standard in Premium?  We are going to be doing a lot of cross-team planning and views so really trying to wrap my head and share with others as to what this can look like.

Daria Spizheva_Reliex_ · Answer

Hello @[deleted],

In short, Advanced planning included in Premium allows tracking team’s capacity within a timeline, work at different levels starting with initiatives through epics, stories, etc. There are many ways to use the sandbox environment to design different project scenarios (e.g., the best- or worst-case scenario), and experiment with different time frames, team size, and resources. Also, Premium comes with an option of tracking the progress via different reports and views.

If you need more flexibility and visualization options, ActivityTimeline plugin offers more detailed view on the usage of resources - you'll be able to assign particular tasks to certain team members according to their working hours and competencies. Its Team Calendar view allows to see when a particular person is available or has a booking. You'll always see if there's any overbooking or schedule interference.

Also, there’s no timesheets in Premium. ActivityTimeline enables you to record hours worked, create timesheets, record billable and non-billable time, so it can be helpful in time based planning. Knowing the team capacity and actual work time logged, you'll be able to generate a variety of reports on resource utilization and forecast accurately allocate time for tasks by looking how much time similar tasks took in the past.

You can try ActivityTimeline for 30 days - just book a demo or reach out our support team for any questions you may have.

Hope this helps!

Tomasz Korusiewicz_SolDevelo · Answer

Hello @[deleted],

Welcome to the Atlassian community!

If you are looking for a resource and capacity planning application with an appealing visual representation for Jira, then we might have something just for you!

“Team Planner - Resource Planning and Capacity Planning” is an app which allows you to plan your team’s work on an accessible and easily editable timeline.

With Team Planner, you can assign tasks to users, create custom plans, and add tasks from multiple projects to such plans.

You are also able to plan the work of your team in a concise and transparent manner and track their story point progress at the same time without moving between apps or Jira tabs.

Moreover, with simultaneous edition, while working on the plan with your teammates, they can also make changes to the timeline.

You can try out the app for free for 30 days through our marketplace page. In case of any questions, we sincerely encourage you to contact us via our customer portal or book a demo session with us under this link.

All the best,
Tomasz
SolDevelo Team

Lucas Modzelewski _Lumo_ · Answer

Here is a nice overview of Advanced planning available in Premium and Enterprise: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/advanced-roadmaps/overview#what-is-advanced-planning