Free planning tool
Plan a sprint around capacity you actually have.
Estimate working capacity after focus time, meetings/support, availability, and planned time off instead of pretending every person contributes eight perfect project hours a day.
Capacity is not velocity
This calculator estimates available hours. If your team estimates in story points, use historical velocity as the stronger planning signal and adjust it for major availability changes.
- Use focus hours, not paid hours
- Subtract known PTO before committing work
- Keep a buffer for defects, reviews, support, and discovery
- Compare planned capacity with actual throughput after the sprint
Now protect that capacity from too much WIP.
Capacity planning tells you what might fit. WIP control helps the team finish it.
Calculate a WIP limit