Translations:Capacity-based Planning/3/en

Unlike velocity-based planning, which uses the average of points completed in previous sprints as a direct reference, capacity-based planning first calculates how many hours of effective work are available in the sprint and then allocates work until that capacity is filled without exceeding it.

When to use it

• In sprints with significant variations in availability: vacations, public holidays, training sessions, or new team members joining.
• In teams with high variability in historical velocity, where averages are not representative.
• At the start of a project, when there is no team velocity history.
• In small teams where the absence of one person significantly changes the total capacity.