The My Availability app

An app allows for the combination of data from more than one source into a single integrated page within CA Agile Central. CA Agile Central allows you to use your own custom app code and provides a catalog of managed apps.

allows you to see if you are underutilized, overloaded, or well-balanced for the current iteration

A theme-driven timebox of requests to be worked on and accepted within a release of a product; it is defined in an iteration planning meeting and is completed with an iteration demo and review meeting. The terms iteration and sprint are used synonymously.

. This app is particularly useful for contributors who work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Features include:

• View status for current iterations where you have been assigned tasks.
• View status across multiple projects.
• View the entered capacity

  Amount of work a team can complete in a given time period.

  value for each project where you have assigned work.
• View the cumulative total of Task Estimate

  The amount of effort estimated to complete a single task. Generally recorded in hours, but does not directly correlate to user story estimates.

  hours assigned to you in each iteration.
• View a graphical load indicator, which changes color based on the ratio of capacity to assigned work:
  • Green when you are at 0–79% of your available capacity.
  • Yellow when you are at 80–99% of your available capacity.
  • Red when you are at 100+% of your available capacity.
• Sort the list by Project, Iteration, or Capacity by selecting the column header.

Edit the Capacity Field of the My Availability App

To edit a Capacity field:

1. Double-click inside the field

   Synonymous with attribute. Fields represent a named property of a work item. A field has a type that defines the entry of its instances, such as drop-down lists, text fields, and boolean.

   .
2. Edit the capacity value.
   Note: You must refresh the page

   A location in CA Agile Central under any of the main navigation pages, that provides summary views of work item data. You can also create custom pages under CA Agile Central tabs. Custom pages are used to host one or many apps and can be copied, shared, and customized.

   after editing a capacity value to see changes in the Load indicator.