Team Load, not team member load

Is there a true team load bar that shows the load of the entire team, not the load of all members of the team? Or is there any other way of seeing whether the tasks you've sized for an iteration fit into it, WITHOUT pre-assigning tasks to people during planning?

I'd like to be able to configure an iteration plan editor view so I can see a team load bar on the right hand side instead of a progress bar when I group by iteration or none.

I think this is a necessary feature to encourage teams to behave like teams instead of collections of individuals. In iteration planning, you need to do enough breaking down and sizing to be able to allow the team to know that the plan is doable. RTC very nicely lets you compare your new iteration's story points against previous velocity, but to see whether the tasks you've created from the stories fit within the time you have, this is not so easy. You *can* pre-assign all the tasks to individuals and use the load bars to see whether they all have the right amount of work, but I would argue that this leads to poor team behaviour. "I did my iteration tasks in plenty of time; it's a shame Fred didn't finish his". Also it encourages people to just look at their own tasks rather than working from the highest priority work in each iteration, so there's a danger that the most important work in an iteration just doesn't get done become the team didn't work together to do it.

I couldn't find an enhancement request for this (doesn't mean that there isn't one!). Should I create one?

Thanks,
Mark

"wainwmr" == wainwmr <markwain> writes:

"wainwmr" == wainwmr <markwain> writes:

wainwmr> Is there a true team load bar that shows the load of the entire team,
wainwmr> not the load of all members of the team? Or is there any other way
wainwmr> of seeing whether the tasks you've sized for an iteration fit into
wainwmr> it, WITHOUT pre-assigning tasks to people during planning?

I was about to post the exact same question.
If you found an RFE or created one, let us all know its ID.