Plan work anywhere, and visualize allocations across all of Jira – even for projects that aren't in your Gantt chart.
Capacity Planner by Tempo provides provides an easy way to plan work for your teams, or have that work automatically planned whenever a new issue is created. Our integration with Capacity Planner allows you to:
Use Capacity Planner data to schedule work within your chart
Include planned work from across the company when considering resource usage, even for issues not represented on your Gantt chart.
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Enabling Tempo Mode
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To use scheduling and resource data from Capacity Planner, open Configurations and enable Tempo mode. When this mode is enabled, many of the |
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options on the Scheduling and Resources screen will be grayed |
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out, as this information will be pulled from Capacity Planner instead.. In order to use Tempo data for resource availability, the Jira admin must first connect Structure and Capacity Planner.
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Scheduling and Resource Allocation with Capacity Planner
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When Tempo mode is enabled, tasks will be scheduled according to the information provided by Capacity Planner:
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Resource Usage: Gantt vs. Capacity Planner
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By default, the Gantt chart only shows utilization within the scope of the chart – so any work planned for issues that aren't in your structure (and Gantt chart) won't be accounted for. Using Capacity Planner data, Gantt is able to consider allocations from any issue, even if it isn't in the chart, when considering resource allocation. So if you're focused on scheduling Project A, but someone on your team already has work planned for Project B, that time will be considered when determining their availability. |
Switching Between Capacity Planner and Gantt Data
In the Resource panel, you can toggle between using Capacity Planner data or the Gantt chart's data to calculate utilization by clicking the Tempo button.
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