It is done with a stacking diagram: floors down one axis, teams blocked against them, with vacancy and growth shown. The detail below it, arranging people within a floor, is space planning.
Good stack plans leave deliberate slack. A building filled to its exact headcount has no room to absorb a growing team without a relocation, which is how routine growth turns into an expensive move.
Common questions
What does Stack Planning mean in simple terms?+
Stack planning is deciding which teams sit on which floors of a building, so that adjacencies, headcount and growth are resolved at building level before anyone plans individual desks.
How does Stack Planning work in practice?+
It is done with a stacking diagram: floors down one axis, teams blocked against them, with vacancy and growth shown. The detail below it, arranging people within a floor, is space planning.
What else should you know about Stack Planning?+
Good stack plans leave deliberate slack. A building filled to its exact headcount has no room to absorb a growing team without a relocation, which is how routine growth turns into an expensive move.