Working with the Capacity Planning PageUse the Capacity Planning page to perform What-if analysis, graphically change project forecast dates, and apply waterline analysis techniques to assist with critical, executive-level decision making. Before assessing capacity or demand on resources, create resource and role estimates for each project. During your analysis, you can create and update scenarios that provide varying snapshots of project and role allocation data. After conducting your analysis, you can create new portfolios containing only the projects that meet your planning criteria. When you choose to display a stacked histogram, area chart, or spreadsheet, the Capacity Planning chart displays the total at completion units or costs over time for the combination of selected roles and projects. Each of these charts contains the same information in different formats with a data stacking option for the projects and roles you select. When you choose to display a net availability chart, the chart displays each selected role's under- or over-allocated units over time for the currently selected projects. The limit line is always placed at zero. If the total units for a role equals the limit, no bar is displayed for that role. Bars placed above the limit line indicate net under-allocation for the associated role during the displayed time period; bars placed below the limit line indicate net over-allocation for the associated role during the displayed time period. Table of Key Capacity Planning Page Elements
Note: The net availability charts are often the best place to begin a resource capacity or demand analysis since they represent a streamlined birds-eye view. These charts include all related projects and roles in a single view allowing you to expand or drill down into only the roles with perceived problems.
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