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# Capacity planning in Portfolio Planning

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* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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The Capacity Planning screen provides portfolio managers a comprehensive view of capacity, allocations, and utilization of resources.  
Analyzing the Capacity Planning screen, you can easily:

* View resource capacity for prioritized items in your portfolio.
* Understand the resource capacity needs and estimates across your organization by using key attributes such as group, role, and skill.
* Effectively forecast the supply of resources and the demand of work in your portfolio.
* Understand and get an overview of the resource capacity allocations by using the color indicators.
* Plan for resources with specific skills or roles for future assignments.
* View the resource allocation health instantly with the new intuitive user interface that gives you a detailed breakdown of portfolio duration by month having over allocations.Figure 1. Capacity Planning screen
* The top tray of the screen displays:
  * Resource capacity details depending on the defined resource criteria.
  * Allocation details for the time period.
  * Resources grouped by primary attributes.
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* The bottom tray of the screen displays:
  * Prioritized planning items.
  * Interactive Gantt chart for the duration of planning items.You can click a Gantt chart bar to see the capacity for that specific planning item only.

    You can move the Gantt chart to adjust your resource capacity
    details accordingly.
  * Toggle option (![Toggle options to view capacity.]()) to adjust your view of the Capacity Planning screen.
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