Resource Management in Jira: What No One Tells You

Is your team overloaded, underutilized, or just completely unplanned? You're not alone. In this episode, Alex sits down with Atlassian expert Jimi Wic\kman for a no-fluff, honest conversation about resource management and capacity planning, what they are, why most teams get them wrong, and how to actually do them right inside Jira.

Whether you're a project manager, line manager, or scrum master trying to get a handle on your team's workload, this one is packed with real-world advice you can use immediately. 👉 What we cover:

• 🤔 Resource management vs. capacity planning — what's the actual difference?

• 📊 Why Jira has zero native resource or capacity management out of the box

• ⏱️ How to calculate real capacity (hint: efficiency matters more than hours)

• 🗓️ Allocation vs. actual work — why over-promising kills projects

• 💸 The true cost of NOT doing resource planning (think: millions wasted)

• 🛠️ Best Jira marketplace apps for resource & capacity planning

• 🏆 Big Picture vs. Tempo vs. Jira Plans — which one wins?

• 📋 How to use skills, roles & team templates to plan smarter

• 🚀 Tips for getting started from scratch with zero baseline

💬 Are you doing resource management in Jira? What tools are you using? Drop it in the comments!
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