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Capacity Planning

What is Capacity Planning?

The process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products and services.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as capacity planning. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on capacity planning

Requirements naming capacity planning across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

FedRAMP High1 control

Conduct capacity planning so necessary capacity exists during contingency operations; HIGH baseline.

CP-2(2) · Capacity Planning

Conduct capacity planning so necessary capacity exists during contingency operations; HIGH baseline.

CP-2(2) · Capacity Planning

Undertakings manage ICT operations based on the ICT strategy, documenting critical processes/procedures; implement logging and monitoring for error detection/correction; maintain an up-to-date ICT asset inventory (location, classification, ownership);

EIOPA-ICTSG-GL.14 · ICT operations management

IT operations include capacity planning, performance monitoring, job scheduling, and operational metrics aligned with SLAs.

IS-V.A.1 · IT Operations Management
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 IT Operations. (1) IT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (TM-G-1.5.1) - 24x7 operations + monitoring + service delivery + ITIL + ITSM + ServiceNow + BMC + others + operations runbooks + procedures + sound operational practices + automation + DevOps + SRE + IT s...

HKMA-TMG1-Operations-Capacity-Problem-Incident · TM-G-1 IT Operations + Capacity + Performance + Problem + Incident Management

Questions people ask about capacity planning

What is Capacity Planning?
The process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products and services.
Why is Capacity Planning important for compliance?
Capacity Planning is a key concept in Governance. Understanding capacity planning helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Capacity Planning?
Capacity Planning appears in the requirement text of FedRAMP High, NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH, India Account Aggregator Framework (RBI), EIOPA Guidelines on ICT Security and Governance (EIOPA-BoS-20/600), FFIEC IT Examination Handbook. Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Capacity Planning?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how capacity planning applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Capacity Planning applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.