nandanosql Purpose
Assess team capacity realistically — accounting for velocity history, holidays, technical debt allocation, and uncertainty buffers — so commitments are achievable and stakeholder expectations are grounded in reality.
Application
Question 1: Team Size & Composition
Agent asks: "Tell me about your team."
Prompts: # of engineers, designers, QA, any part-time members, upcoming PTO
Question 2: Historical Velocity
Agent asks: "What's your team's recent delivery velocity?"
- We track story points — Average over last 3 sprints
- We track throughput — Stories/tickets completed per sprint
- We don't formally track — Gut sense of capacity
Question 3: Known Constraints
Agent asks: "What constraints affect capacity this period?"
- Holidays / PTO / conferences
- Technical debt / maintenance commitments
- On-call / support rotation
- New team members ramping up
- Cross-team dependencies
Question 4: Allocation Strategy
Agent asks: "How do you want to split capacity?"
|Default allocation:
| Category | % | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| New features | 70% | Primary product work |
| Technical debt | 15% | Sustained quality |
| Bugs / support | 10% | Reactive work |
| Buffer | 5% | Unknown unknowns |
Output: Capacity Plan
# Capacity Plan: [Period]
**Team:** [# FTEs] effective
**Sprint length:** [X weeks]
**Sprints in period:** [#]
## Available Capacity
| Factor | Impact |
|--------|--------|
| Base velocity | [X pts/sprint] |
| PTO/holidays | [-Y pts] |
| New member ramp | [-Z pts] |
| **Adjusted velocity** | **[Net pts/sprint]** |
## Allocation
| Category | Points | % |
|----------|--------|---|
| Features | [#] | 70% |
| Tech debt | [#] | 15% |
| Bugs/support | [#] | 10% |
| Buffer | [#] | 5% |
## Can We Commit To...
| Initiative | Estimated | Fits? | Notes |
|-----------|-----------|-------|-------|
| [Init 1] | [X pts] | ✅/❌ | [Note] |
| [Init 2] | [X pts] | ✅/❌ | [Note] |
## Risks to Capacity
- [Risk 1 + mitigation]
- [Risk 2 + mitigation]
Quality Rubric
| Dimension | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data-Driven | Guessing | Some history | 3+ sprints of velocity data |
| Constraints | Ignored | Some listed | All known constraints accounted |
| Buffer | 0% (will overcommit) | Token buffer | Realistic 10-15% uncertainty |
| Allocation | All features | Feature + debt | Feature + debt + bugs + buffer |
References
Related Skills
skills/planning/roadmap-planning/SKILL.md— Capacity informs roadmapskills/planning/dependency-map/SKILL.md— Dependencies reduce available capacityskills/execution/sprint-planning-facilitator/SKILL.md— Sprint-level capacity
Skill type: Interactive Domain: Planning & Prioritization