Capacity Planning

Question 1

What things are considered for capacity planning

Answer 1

Per person:
-Allocation
-# of days in the sprint
-holidays
-PTO
-Total available hours
-Non project hours (meetings/ development)
-Weekly/ bi-weekly scrum activity

Team:
-Total available hours for the sprint
-Total Team Capacity for the sprint (in hours)

Question 2

100% utilization rate

Answer 2

-Unhealthy: capacity should be about how much they can REALISTICALLY complete without being burnt out
-Doesn’t account for things like impromptu meetings, potty breaks, etc.

Question 3

Factors that impact capacity

Answer 3

Holidays, annual leave, maternity leave, illness, other projects, meetings

Question 4

Healthy utilization rate example

Answer 4

-One source recommends 80%

Example:

10 day sprint x 28 hours x .80 utilization rate= 224 hours capacity

Question 5

How do Scrum Events factor into capacity planning?

Answer 5

Planning, Review/ demo, retros, and standup should all be accounted for in capacity planning for accurate allocation that factors in the team’s whole day/ week

Question 6

Velocity formula?

Answer 6

Number of story points delivered during the course of several sprints (I like to use the last 3)/ total number of days in those sprints