Configuring the availability of team members

You have full flexibility when configuring the availability of team members in your plans. You can also see which member is available to work, on which team, and for how long.

There are two types of availability to consider in Advanced Roadmaps:

• Global availability, which defines the working hours and dates of each person across all the teams the person belongs to

• Team availability, which defines the working hours and dates of a person in a particular team

Viewing shared teams

In your plan, click Manage shared teams. This will display the 'Shared teams and people' page.The teams tab will display the teams that are shared across all existing plans. By expanding each team, you can view the members of that team, and the weekly hours allocated to each member.

Note that any configured weekly hours will not have any effect on capacity in plans with the improved interface.

Configuring global availability

Before you begin, make sure that you have the shared team management permission in Advanced Roadmaps.

1. Go to the shared team you want to view.
2. Click the member whose global availability you want to configure. The availability details will display.
3. In the Global availability section, specify the following:
   • Start date, for when the person starts to be available to work
   • End date, for when the person will stop working
4. In the Absences section, create an absence as necessary, by providing the following:
   • the start and end dates for when the person will be absent from work
   • an optional description indicating the reason for the absence

Configuring team-specific availability

You can configure the dates and working hours that team members are available to work on specific teams.

1. In your plan, click the Teams tab to display the teams section below the timeline.
    This will display the teams associated with the plan.
2. Expand the team you're looking for. This will display the members of that team.
3. Click the member whose availability you want to configure for that team.
4. In the Team-specific availability section, specify the following:
   • Start date, for when the person starts to be available to work for the team
   • End date, for when the person will stop working for the team
   • Weekly hours, which is the total number of hours in a week that the person can work for the team

Configuring exceptions

You can configure the dates and hours in a week during which a member will not work for a specific team. This is especially handy when you have a person who works in multiple teams.

For example, let's say you have a developer who works in Team A and Team B, and during the month of September, the developer needs to prioritize work in Team A for a particular release. By configuring exceptions in Team B, it is then made clear that the developer won't be assigned any work for Team B during that period.

To configure exceptions:

1. In your plan, click the Teams tab to display the teams section below the timeline.
    This will display the teams associated with the plan.
2. Expand the team you're looking for. This will display the members of that team.
3. Click the member for whom you want to configure exceptions > click + Add exception.
4. Specify the following:
   • Start date, for when the person will not be available to work for the team
   • End date, for when the person will not be available to work for the team
   • Weekly hours, which is the total number of hours in a week when the person will not work for the team
   • Description (optional), which you can use to describe the exception that you're setting
5. Click Add.