{"id":246,"date":"2026-02-11T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/?post_type=lsvr_kba&#038;p=246"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:46:30","slug":"how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/knowledge-base\/how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How it Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deep Planner is a forecasting and planning engine that instantly shows when your product goals can realistically ship, based on your real team capacity. Think about it as a navigation panel on a ship that allows for captain to oversee the full route and for teams to figure out the immediate work they need to do to reach next miles towards the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goal: <strong>given list of features, create a delivery forecast<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You define:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What you want to build (Epics &amp; estimates)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who will build it (Teams, roles &amp; capacity)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep Planner calculates the forecast in seconds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When each epic can ship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What will delay delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How trade-offs affect timelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Process<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step #1 Feed the inputs: epics and teams<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.jpg 934w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-700x503.jpg 700w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-700x548.jpg 700w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-2.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step #2: adjust scope<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-700x309.jpg 700w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-1536x678.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.jpg 1596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step #3: example output<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Roadmap variant&nbsp;sharable and exportable to a PDF\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Resources are leveled by distributing the daily load between the teams\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tasks are sequenced by priorities and dependency constraints\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risk buffer is included to tasks duration\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>=&gt; Ideal for an&nbsp;early-stage&nbsp;decision making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6-1024x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6-700x210.jpg 700w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6-1536x461.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-6.jpg 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/deepplanner.io\/app_v2\/sample-simulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRY A SAMPLE SIMULATION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Technology Behind Forecasting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep Planner is not a static Gantt chart. 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