Coordinate delivery across teams — before things get complicated
Team Planning is the third module in Ibis Flow — currently in active exploration. We're researching how to help product and delivery leads manage capacity, spot bottlenecks, and coordinate work across multiple teams at a planning level — not just within a single sprint.
Planning across teams is where delivery gets complicated
Knowing what to build is one thing — knowing which team can pick it up, and when, is another. When you're coordinating across multiple teams, capacity mismatches, hidden bottlenecks, and cross-team dependencies tend to surface too late. We're exploring how to make that coordination visible and manageable — before it becomes a problem.
Areas we're exploring
These are early-stage ideas. We're gathering input from teams to understand which problems matter most — and in what order to tackle them.
Multi-Team Capacity Visibility
A shared view of team availability across squads — who has capacity, who is at risk of overcommitment, and where demand exceeds supply before a sprint even starts.
Sprint & Release Planning Horizon
Look beyond the next sprint — plan delivery across 3 to 6 sprints so that milestones and releases don't catch teams by surprise and commitments can be made with more confidence.
Bottleneck Identification
Surface constraints before they delay delivery — for example, if planned work across four teams depends on two iOS developers, the plan should make that visible at a glance.
Cross-Team Dependency Management
Track when one team's delivery depends on another's output. Flag unresolved dependencies early so that sequencing decisions can be made deliberately — not reactively.
Delivery Timeline View
Visualise how work flows across teams and sprints over time — so that the relationship between current commitments and future milestones stays clear as plans evolve.
Shaped by Your Input
We're running surveys and speaking with delivery leads to understand which of these areas matters most. Your workflow could directly influence what gets built first — and how.
A natural continuation of the workflow
Estimation and Prioritisation give you a well-understood, ranked backlog. Team Planning is intended to be the next step — helping you coordinate how that work flows across teams and sprints without starting from scratch in a spreadsheet.
Estimation
Real-time collaborative estimation sessions. Your team votes on tickets simultaneously, sees each other's thinking, and reaches consensus — all without spreadsheets or manual note-taking.
- Story points, hours, t-shirt sizes or custom scales
- Live vote reveal with consensus distribution
- AI-powered ticket briefings and risk signals
- One-click sync of final estimates back to Jira
Prioritisation
Structured stakeholder input using proven frameworks — MaxDiff, RICE, WSJF, or MoSCoW. Stakeholders score asynchronously via a secure email link. You review the input, apply your judgement, and publish a ranked, banded backlog.
- 4 proven frameworks — MaxDiff, RICE, WSJF, MoSCoW
- Stakeholder scoring — no subscription seat required
- PO review mode with Now / Next / Later banding
- Publish immutable results snapshot to stakeholders
Team Planning
Coordinate delivery across multiple teams — covering team availability, sprint and release planning, bottleneck identification, and cross-team dependencies. We're gathering feedback now to shape this module.
- Team availability and capacity across sprints
- Sprint and release planning for 3–6 sprints ahead
- Bottleneck and dependency visibility across teams
- Shaped by your input — share your workflow
Tell us about your planning workflow
We're running surveys and speaking with product and delivery leads to understand how multi-team planning really works in practice — and which problems cause the most pain. Your input will directly influence which areas we tackle first.
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Available now
Start with Estimation — live today
While Team Planning is being shaped, you can start using Estimation right now to get your team aligned on effort. Prioritisation launches in March 2026.