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## Plan:Portfolio Management backend team

The Plan:Portfolio Management backend team works on the backend part of
GitLab's [Portfolio Management category] in the [Plan stage].

For more details about the vision for this area of the product, see the
[Plan stage] page.

[Portfolio Management category]: /handbook/product/categories/#portfolio-management-group
[Plan stage]: /direction/plan/

### Team members

This team is currently shared between Plan:Portfolio Management and
[Plan:Certify].

[Plan:Certify]: /handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan-certify-be/

<%= direct_team(manager_role: 'Engineering Manager, Plan:Portfolio Management & Plan:Certify') %>

### Stable counterparts

<%= stable_counterparts(role_regexp: /[,&] (Plan(?!:)|Plan:Portfolio Management)/, direct_manager_role: 'Engineering Manager, Plan:Portfolio Management & Plan:Certify') %>

### Hiring chart

This chart shows the progress we're making on hiring. Check out our
[jobs page](/jobs/) for current openings.

<%= hiring_chart(department: 'Plan:Portfolio Management BE Team') %>

### Team metrics dashboard 

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/shared_portfolio_certify_dashboard") %>

### Application performance dashboard

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/portfolio_certify_application_dashboard") %>

## OKRs

### Current (FY21-Q1)

- [Improve Group Productivity](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/issues/6515)
  - [Average 11 MRs/Eng/month over the quarter](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/plan/issues/74)
  - Maintain MTTM below 14 days
- [Support Incremental ACV](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/issues/6574)
  - Deliver two ~"planning priority" items directly tied to revenue, per group
    - [Single Level Epics to Premium](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/37081)
    - [Weights and progress information in roadmap Epic bars](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/5164)
    - [Requirements Management MVC](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/32733)
    - [Private comments on Service Desk issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/2459)
  - Deliver 3 performance or Application Limits issues


## Work

See the [Plan stage page] and the [Plan:Project Management backend team
page].

[Plan stage page]: /handbook/product/categories/plan/
[Plan:Project Management backend team page]: /handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan-project-management-be/

### Capacity Planning

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/capacity_planning") %>

#### Planning rotation

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/planning_rotation") %>

#### Historical Capacity

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/historical_capacity", locals: { chart_ids: [7693825, 7693879] }) %>

## Useful links

<%= partial("handbook/engineering/development/dev/plan/useful_links", locals: { board: { name: 'Plan:Portfolio Management & Certify Build Board', url: 'https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/boards/1569369?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=devops%3A%3Aplan&not[label_name][]=group%3A%3Aproject%20management' }}) %>