They committed to 60 engineers' worth of work with 35 engineers

This post details how Jira Product Discovery (JPD) was used to build a live capacity planning view. The author created dedicated views for two engineering teams (Quakus and Ragents), structuring them with monthly engineer columns to track committed capacity. A 'resourcing' column (yes/no) indicates if a project is staffed, and a hard capacity target (e.g., 11.5 engineers per month) serves as a ceiling. The system exposed a front-end constraint, leading to the creation of a companion timeline view grouped by engineer, visualizing project bars and the backlog. This view allows for dynamic assignment of backlog items and auto-adjustment of dates. The post highlights the shift from spreadsheet-based planning to evidence-based decision-making using live data within JPD.