Plan across quarters

Capacity planning spans multiple quarters, helping you forecast and allocate work long-term.

View multiple quarters

1. Go to Capacity Planning
2. Use the quarter selector at the top
3. Or scroll left/right to see adjacent quarters

Each quarter shows your team’s capacity independently.

Quarterly capacity

Each quarter has:

• Available hours — Based on team size and time allocation
• Allocated hours — From linked work (issues with target dates in that quarter)
• Utilization % — Allocated / available

Factors that change per quarter

• Team changes — Headcount increases/decreases
• Time off — Vacation and parental leave
• Prioritization — Different work in different quarters
• Scenarios — Hiring plans (if using Scenario Planning)

Plan your year

Plan capacity for multiple quarters:

Q1: Launch feature X (75% team) Q2: Stabilize & optimize (60% team) Q3: Hire new people (add capacity) Q4: Plan next year (50% team)

Multi-quarter projects

For projects spanning multiple quarters:

1. Break the work into quarterly milestones
2. Assign issues to each quarter (via target date)
3. Check that each quarter stays under capacity

Example

Project: “Payment system rewrite”

• Q2: Design & architecture (8 issues, 30 pts)
• Q3: Implementation (12 issues, 55 pts)
• Q4: Testing & deployment (5 issues, 15 pts)

Check that each quarter’s assigned points fit team capacity.

Use scenarios to plan ahead

1. Go to Scenario Planning
2. Create a scenario for next year
3. Add/remove headcount
4. See how capacity changes
5. Use that forecast to plan your roadmap

See Model hiring and headcount changes.

Hiring timeline

If you plan to hire in Q3:

Once hired, update base capacity

Create a scenario with the new headcount

See how Q3 and Q4 capacity increases

Plan work that the new team members will take on