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Before assigning another Linear issue, check whether the person has real capacity for it this week. The useful view starts with each person's weekly availability, assigned work, scheduled time off, and active project commitments. A long issue list alone does not answer that question because issue size, remaining work, and person-specific availability all matter.
Use the review before assigning the next item, during weekly planning, and whenever an urgent project interrupts planned work. The goal is a clear overload signal: who is already committed beyond available capacity, which project created the pressure, and which assignment should move, shrink, or wait. That keeps capacity decisions tied to work in Linear while avoiding vague busy labels.
Start with people, then map project work to them. For each person, set weekly capacity, subtract scheduled time off, and compare the remaining availability with planned assignments. Linear issues provide the project, assignee, status, labels, and effort-point estimates. Everhour supplies hour-based planning and tracked time, so the review uses time for capacity decisions.
A useful weekly row shows person, available hours, planned hours by Linear project, tracked hours so far, and remaining assigned load. If a developer has 32 available hours after time off and 38 planned hours across two projects, the overload is 6 hours before new work enters the queue. That gap tells you to reassign, split scope, defer low-priority work, or adjust the project date.
Over-capacity reviews fail when teams treat every Linear issue as equal. A person with four small issues can have less load than someone assigned one complex issue with a larger effort estimate. Estimates on Linear issues are team-level effort or size values, not clock time, so capacity planning needs planned hours and tracked hours beside the issue context.
Another common mistake is checking only the current assignee. Project pressure often comes from cross-project commitments, carryover work, and time off inside the same week. Review the person across all assigned Linear projects, then inspect the project causing the overload. The decision becomes concrete: reduce the person's planned hours, move a specific issue, or schedule the work for a week with available capacity.
A one-time capacity check works when you need a fast answer before assigning the next Linear issue. It is enough for a small team, a single week, or a narrow project review where the load is visible and the decision is immediate. Save the result as a planning reference, then revisit it after the week closes to compare planned load with actual tracked time.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when multiple Linear projects compete for the same people. Everhour supports weekly capacity per team member, planned assignments, scheduled time off, and planned-versus-actual comparisons. That turns a static view of who looks busy into a project-by-project workflow where tracked hours correct future plans and managers can see overload before assignments stack up.
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Compare each person's weekly availability with the total planned hours assigned across Linear projects. Include scheduled time off before judging capacity. A person is over capacity when planned project and task assignments exceed the hours available for that week. Review the overload by project so the fix targets a real assignment, not a general workload complaint.
Use the issue's project, assignee, status, labels, and effort-point estimate to place the work in context. Use Everhour for hour-based planning. The assignee shows who carries the load, the project shows where the commitment belongs, and the status separates active work from backlog items. Labels help isolate maintenance, support, or urgent work when those categories compete with planned project capacity.
Effort points should not be treated as workload hours. The estimate field on Linear issues records effort or size, with scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt. Capacity planning needs hour-based planned work because a weekly availability limit is measured in time. Use points for relative scope discussion and hours for scheduling people.
Fix the overload that blocks committed project work or creates the largest gap against available hours. A 10-hour overload on a project due this week needs action before a 2-hour overload on flexible work. Move, split, or defer a specific assignment so the person's planned weekly load returns within capacity.
Tracked time shows how much work actually consumed the week. If a task planned for 6 hours repeatedly takes 10 hours, future assignments need a larger planned-time estimate or a smaller weekly commitment. That correction keeps capacity planning grounded in delivery history, especially when similar Linear issues recur across projects.
Everhour separates internal cost rates from client-facing billable rates, with per-person defaults and per-project overrides. Rate changes can take effect from a chosen date, so capacity and workload reports can reflect the correct labor cost or billable value for Linear project work over time.
Everhour Resource Planning shows member and project timelines with weekly capacity, availability gaps, scheduled time off, and planned assignments. Managers can compare planned capacity with tracked time, then adjust future Linear project assignments when actual work runs higher than the original plan.
Track planned hours, rates, and actual time against Linear project work. Everhour turns overloaded assignments into capacity decisions with cost and billable context.
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