Set up Jira Software Cloud
Learn how to set up Jira Software Cloud and integrate it with other products and applications.
This page refers to the advanced planning features that are only available as part of Jira Software Cloud Premium and Enterprise.
We have a separate section for documentation about the project timeline that’s included in all Jira Software projects. Go to the documentation for project-level roadmaps in Jira Software.
In order to use capacity planning in your plan:
if planning scrum work, you need to create the sprints in your backlog
you need to use a board as your issue source. Learn how to edit issue sources.
your teams need to be associated to an issue source. Learn how to edit team and issue source associations.
at least one issue must be assigned to a sprint and team
sprints must be enabled in the project (for team-managed projects only). Learn how to enable sprints in team-managed projects.
you need to have the timeline bars visible on your plan. Learn how to show or hide your timeline bars.
To enable the sprint capacity view on your timeline:
Navigate the View settings menu and group your issues by Team or Sprint.
Select the checkbox next to Show capacity on timeline.
In order to manage capacity, your issues need to be estimated in either story points or hours/days.
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