Does native Jira support dynamic project scheduling and resource management?

[Raymond J Wohltman]

We have adopted the Jira platform as our company seeks to adapt a more agile methodology, however we will initially need to support waterfall projects. Does native Jira support dynamic scheduling. Will dependencies adjust the start and due dates? Will a percent complete be calculated by comparing the time entered by resources to the anticipated work effort? Or is percent complete calculated by it's position in the workflow?

Can a resources complete utilization on projects be calculated to show their availability for future work, and can a resource be allocated to a project for a percentage of time and not full time? Can multiple resources be assigned to the same task. 

We have been doing dynamic scheduling and resource management in MS Project Server, and would like to provide that capability to project and resource managers now, and for the short term, until we adapt a more agile approach.

Our organization is somewhat frugal, and would like to do as much as we can in native Jira, but if that's not possible, some add-in suggestions and/or articles that address this topic would be greatly appreciated. 

Cheers, Ray 

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

This is usually best done in Confluence. You can manage a calendar and see who is on vacation, etc.

[Phaik Ean Wong]

HI Marc,

Thanks for the feedbck.

Could you share more on how do you manage this through Confluence calendar?

We would like to see also the resouce availability, indication of if the perso overallocate.

Thanks

Ean

[Marc Jason Mutuc]

Here's the ideal setup of you confluence. Each team has a Space dedicated to them with a calendar managed by them. They can log events, holidays, vacation leaves, sick leaves, etc. This calendar should be visible to all.

If you want to see workload allocation, I would suggest using JIRA instead. It can track hours so you'll get a much more accurate view of things.

Basically, JIRA is for work schedules (per issue/ticket/case) and Confluence for calendars. HR can even use it for company events so that everyone is aware.