Sprint capacity calculator (DC)

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Last updated: Aug 08, 2024 by Derya Özdemir
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Estimating sprint capacity can be challenging due to varying team availability caused by time off and holidays. The sprint capacity calculator helps you overcome this by providing data-driven insights into your team's potential output and the sprint scope, based on historical and forecast data.

Usage

  1. Join an Agile Poker session during sprint planning.

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  2. Click Set sprint capacity. If this button is disabled, create first a sprint using the Create Sprint button available just above your backlog).

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  3. On the Calculate sprint capacity dialog, you will see the three last sprints with their velocity in Story Points and an input for the team capacity. Fill in team capacity (e.g., in man-days) for the last sprint and the foreseen capacity for the upcoming sprint. 

  4. Click Save, and you will see the projected velocity for the next sprint. The projected velocity badge turns red if the sprint scope exceeds the projected velocity.

The sprint capacity calculator gives you a hint about the upcoming sprint scope. Projected velocity should be taken into account during the planning meeting, but eventually, it's the team that decides whether the sprint scope is big enough. It's perfectly fine to start a sprint with a scope exceeding projected velocity (in story points) if the team feels they will fulfill the committed sprint goal.