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What is Workload Management?

The practice of distributing work across a team so no one is overloaded or idle.

Workload management is the discipline of looking at a team's commitments and making sure they're balanced - that one engineer isn't 200% allocated while another is 50%, that critical work isn't piled on the same person, that PTO and sick leave don't cascade into late deliveries. Modern PM tools surface workload as a chart per team member showing hours / tasks / story points assigned per sprint.

When to use

Run a workload check at sprint planning. If someone's at 130% capacity, move work before the sprint starts, not after they burn out.

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