/capacity-plan

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Analyze team capacity and plan resource allocation.

Usage

/capacity-plan $ARGUMENTS

What I Need From You

• Team size and roles: Who do you have?

• Current workload: What are they working on? (Upload from project tracker or describe)

• Upcoming work: What's coming next quarter?

• Constraints: Budget, hiring timeline, skill requirements

Planning Dimensions

People

• Available headcount and skills

• Current allocation and utilization

• Planned hires and timeline

• Contractor and vendor capacity

Budget

• Operating budget by category

• Project-specific budgets

• Variance tracking

• Forecast vs. actual

Time

• Project timelines and dependencies

• Critical path analysis

• Buffer and contingency planning

• Deadline management

Utilization Targets

Role Type

Target Utilization

Notes

IC / Specialist

75-80%

Leave room for reactive work and growth

Manager

60-70%

Management overhead, meetings, 1:1s

On-call / Support

50-60%

Interrupt-driven work is unpredictable

Common Pitfalls

• Planning to 100% utilization (no buffer for surprises)

• Ignoring meeting load and context-switching costs

• Not accounting for vacation, holidays, and sick time

• Treating all hours as equal (creative work ≠ admin work)

Output

## Capacity Plan: [Team/Project]

**Period:** [Date range] | **Team Size:** [X]

### Current Utilization

| Person/Role | Capacity | Allocated | Available | Utilization |

|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|

| [Name/Role] | [hrs/wk] | [hrs/wk] | [hrs/wk] | [X]% |

### Capacity Summary

- **Total capacity**: [X] hours/week

- **Currently allocated**: [X] hours/week ([X]%)

- **Available**: [X] hours/week ([X]%)

- **Overallocated**: [X people above 100%]

### Upcoming Demand

| Project/Initiative | Start | End | Resources Needed | Gap |

|--------------------|-------|-----|-----------------|-----|

| [Project] | [Date] | [Date] | [X FTEs] | [Covered/Gap] |

### Bottlenecks

- [Skill or role that's oversubscribed]

- [Time period with a crunch]

### Recommendations

1. [Hire / Contract / Reprioritize / Delay]

2. [Specific action]

### Scenarios

| Scenario | Outcome |

|----------|---------|

| Do nothing | [What happens] |

| Hire [X] | [What changes] |

| Deprioritize [Y] | [What frees up] |

If Connectors Available

If ~~project tracker is connected:

• Pull current workload and ticket assignments automatically

• Show upcoming sprint or quarter commitments per person

If ~~calendar is connected:

• Factor in PTO, holidays, and recurring meeting load

• Calculate actual available hours per person

Tips

• Include all work — BAU, projects, support, meetings. People aren't 100% available for project work.

• Plan for buffer — Target 80% utilization. 100% means no room for surprises.

• Update regularly — Capacity plans go stale fast. Review monthly.