Workload, capacity, and utilization - tile coloring

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Workload, capacity, and utilization - tile coloring

When you switch to a new view in the Resources module, new coloring rules are applied to help you more easily track the over-allocation and under-allocation of resources.

Coloring

The tile colors indicate whether resources are over-allocated or under-allocated. The new view in the Resources module introduces updated coloring rules, where each tile color corresponds to a specific level of resource utilization.

Utilization calculation

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  • workload based on task information:

    • original estimate

    • story points

  • capacity (one of the two kinds of capacity is used for the calculation)

    • team-based capacity - capacity based on individual memberships in teams

    • Total capacity - capacity based on workload plans, holiday plans, and absences

Individuals, projects, and skills

  • green - utilization under 100%

  • red - utilization is above 100%

Note: yellow is NOT used to indicate approaching over-allocation.

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Example: if a person has been assigned 7.8h of workload and their capacity is 8h, the grid cell is green

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Teams

  • green - 0% to 80% utilization

  • yellow - 80 to 101% utilization

  • red - 101% or higher utilization

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Example:

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Old (default) coloring

Returning to the old Resources module view restores the old (default) coloring rules.

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Grouping

When grouping is enabled, the coloring rules for the Teams and Individual swimlanes are applied.

 

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