Avium for engineering managers — capacity planning, 1:1 prep, and sprint forecasting

The manager's two recurring decisions

Decision one: 'can we take this on?' You're in a planning meeting. Product wants three more tickets in the sprint. Your gut says no but you don't have a number to back it up. So you commit, hedge, and pay for it at sprint review.

Decision two: 'who's overloaded?' You do 1:1s every other week. You want to ask each engineer how their load is. They say 'fine' because that's what people say. Two weeks later one of them is short-tempered, one is taking sick days, and your skip-level wants to know what's happening.

What changes with Avium

Avium gives you a capacity model that's accurate AT the moment of the decision. Sprint Forecast Matrix shows the next sprint already loaded with currently-committed work, per person, with capacity headroom visible. Over-Allocation runs continuously; you don't have to ask.

• Sprint Forecast Matrix — who can take what next sprint, before planning starts. Push back on scope with a specific number instead of a feeling.
• Capacity Tracker — current sprint's load by person + by team, including mid-sprint adjustments (PTO entered today, headcount changes).
• Over-allocation Signal — the people above 105% capacity, ranked. The list you bring to 1:1 prep.
• Assign Work — drag-and-drop tickets to people; conflicts surface as you create them. Avium tells you in the planning meeting, not the retro.
• Cross-team load — if you manage multiple teams or report up to a VP, the per-team rollup shows where capacity is unevenly distributed.

The Avium Signals you'll use most

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