Everhour brings time budgets and workload visibility to Linear projects, so assigned work can be reviewed against real capacity.
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Linear issues carry the work context: project, status, assignee, priority, labels, cycle, and estimate. Workload management starts by turning that context into a person-by-person view of commitments. The practical question is simple: for each person, compare the assigned project work for the week with that person's available capacity before adding more work.
A good workload view separates availability from intention. Vacation, sick time, holidays, part-time schedules, and custom weekly capacity change the amount of work a person can take. Assigned issues then consume that capacity. A person with 32 available hours and 38 planned hours needs a decision before the next issue gets assigned.
Linear estimates describe effort or size using the scale chosen by the team, such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt. Those values help compare issue scope, but they are not clock time by themselves. Workload planning breaks when a team treats 5 points as 5 hours without a documented conversion and historical check.
Use estimates as planning signals, then compare them with tracked reality. If one project repeatedly turns 8-point issues into a full week of work, future assignments need more room. If another project closes similar-sized issues with fewer tracked hours, the team can plan that work with more confidence.
The most useful workload view flags assigned work that exceeds weekly capacity before the week starts. A clear review shows each person, available hours, planned project or task hours, assigned work dates, time off, and the amount over or under capacity. Red overload markers need a concrete action: reassign the issue, move the date, reduce scope, or split the work.
A common mistake is checking only the busiest project. Engineers often carry assignments across several Linear projects at once, so project-level confidence can hide individual overload. Review the same week by member and by project. The member view answers who can take work; the project view answers whether a delivery plan still has enough people assigned.
A one-time workload snapshot works when you need a quick assignment call for one week. It is enough for a small team that wants to see who is already committed, who has open capacity, and which planned work exceeds the available hours. The snapshot loses value when assignments change daily or tracked hours reveal a different pattern.
A managed workflow connects Linear issues with planned load, tracked time, and budget review project by project. Everhour Resource Planning shows capacity and workload on a timeline, including weekly capacity, time off, and planned-versus-actual comparisons. Everhour Project Budgeting adds hour or money budgets, recurring resets, configurable email alerts, and budget protection when project limits matter.
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List active Linear project work by assignee, then compare each person's planned hours with weekly availability. Include project assignments, task assignments, time off, and custom capacity. The review should show who is overloaded, who has remaining bandwidth, and which assignment needs to move before work starts.
Issue estimates should not be treated as workload hours unless the team has a documented conversion and checks it against tracked time. Linear estimate scales represent effort or size. Workload planning needs available hours, assigned hours, and actual tracked hours so the plan reflects calendar capacity.
The most useful signal is planned time above a person's weekly capacity after time off and part-time schedules are included. A 40-hour plan for a person with 32 available hours already needs correction. Move work before the week begins instead of waiting for missed dates.
Use the cycle window as the date range for review. Planned and tracked time can be reviewed over the same start and end dates, but the workload question stays person-centered: capacity, assigned load, over-capacity work, and actual hours during that period.
The biggest mistake is reviewing only issue counts. Five small issues and five large issues do not create the same load, and assigned work across multiple projects can overload one person while every project view looks reasonable. Review member capacity and project assignments together.
Everhour Project Budgeting lets teams set hour-based or money-based budgets for project work, including recurring budget periods and configurable email alert thresholds. For Linear projects, that gives managers a budget signal alongside assigned workload instead of reviewing capacity without project limits.
Everhour Resource Planning shows workload on a visual timeline with member and project views, weekly capacity, scheduled time off, and planned-versus-actual time comparisons. Managers can spot overallocated people and available bandwidth before assigning the next Linear issue.
Set project budgets, watch workload against weekly capacity, and review tracked hours as plans change. Everhour connects Linear project work to time budgets, alerts, and capacity visibility.
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