Request for Guidance on Using Jira for Program Increment (PI) Planning

[Raj Purohit]

Dear all,

Need your help or idea

We are currently exploring how to effectively leverage Jira for Program Increment (PI) Planning—specifically to manage planning across six iterations in alignment with our delivery goals. To better support our process, we’d like to understand the best practices and Jira features that can help us:

• Allocate available capacity for each iteration (Sprint)

• Assign effort estimates (story points or hours) to individual Jira items

• Track remaining/balance capacity after assigning items, to ensure optimal load distribution

• Visualize and manage overloaded or underutilized iterations during planning

We would greatly appreciate a walkthrough or reference materials that demonstrate how to use Jira effectively for this purpose, including any configuration tips e.g., dashboards

Thank you for your support

Best regards,

Raj

[Michael Pötz]

Hi @Raj Purohit ,

I'd like t recommend you our app Agile Hive.

Your use case sounds like you would like to implement SAFe or just a scaled agile approach in your organization and that's what Agile Hive aims at. 

Best regards

Michael

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Hi @Raj Purohit,

I'm afraid Jira cannot fully fulfill these requests with its native tools. You will most likely need to search for plugins on Atlassian Marketplace to be effective.

In case you consider the option of using  a plugin, for tracking perspective you could take a look over our Great Gadgets app. More details in this article:  here: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/App-Central-articles/How-to-track-scaled-agile-SAFe-projects-in-Jira-with-Great/ba-p/1929694

Danut.