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    Planning Slot

    A reservation of capacity on a team's calendar that a scheduled initiative occupies. Slots are the atomic unit of capacity-aware scheduling.

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    What does "Planning Slot" mean?

    A reservation of capacity on a team's calendar that a scheduled initiative occupies. Slots are the atomic unit of capacity-aware scheduling.

    Related terms

    • Capacity Plan — A team-level forecast of available effort over a time window, used to detect over-allocation when scheduling initiatives onto a roadmap.
    • Roadmap — A time-bounded plan for delivering a portfolio of initiatives.