Workload distribution in jira

Umar Maroof
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December 31, 2022

Which add on is best for workload distribution in jira cloud which also can integrate with roadmaps as well

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Clark Everson
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December 31, 2022

Hi Umar,

From a basic agile perspective jira with roadmaps alone does this. There is no tool that accomplished this on its own. What I mean by this is that in agile it is expected that each team learns their work capacity over time. A team may very well overestimate at the beginning but they should be doing retrospectives to see why they over or under commuted. From their they continuously work towards proper capacity.

As capacity really is a per team thing no tool is going ti right out of the box give people the correct amount of work. It’s something that has to be worked towards.

the tools in jira for this would be the velocity chart, the after sprint report or the teams feature of advanced roadmaps 

if the tools aren’t working though you may want to look into getting an agile coach to help your teams rather than be tool dependent.

 

i hope this helps!

https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/manage-teams-in-your-advanced-roadmaps-plan/

 

best,

clark

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Nataliya Vasyliv_Reliex_
Atlassian Partner
January 19, 2023

Hi @Umar Maroof 

If you considering using a plugin then ActivityTimeline could be a solution for you.

On a Plan dashboard, you can easily plan the tasks on a user or a team and track the workload/availability:

Screenshot 2023-01-12 at 15.45.49@2x.png

On a timeline you can see the Workload indicator - it shows a comprehensive picture of the ongoing work, and allows the distribution of workload between users properly:
Workload_indicator_ActivityTimeline_Jira.png

About the Advanced Roadmaps integration, you can read in our article: How to Integrate Advanced Roadmaps (Portfolio for Jira) with ActivityTimeline? 

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

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November 27, 2024

For workload distribution in Jira Cloud with cross-project roadmap, Planyway for Jira would be a great choice. It offers a powerful visual timeline for balancing workloads and tracking team progress across multiple Jira projects.

Workload Planner

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