Scrum Poker Estimates for Jira helps teams run planning sessions in an interactive and engaging way by playing Planning poker.
Team members can import backlogs from Jira, estimate tasks on Jira issues with a fun game by voting separately and avoid group think, reset rounds until the entire team agrees on an estimate and keep track of estimates. At the end of the session you can easily see the results of the estimations and send them to Jira if you used tasks Jira issues from a backlog.
To get started with our app and begin with a planning session, please take a look at our documentation.
1. Playing with a Jira backlog
Launching the App
- Access a Jira project and go to the Scrum Poker App in the sidebar.
- The Scrum Poker Estimates app will launch showing the main dashboard.
Setting up the game
- After opening the Scrum Poker Estimates app in the project you'd like to estimate tasks Jira issues on, click on the "Create Session" button.
- Enter a name for your backlog for the planning session, so other team members can identify the tasks being estimatedwhat you're estimating on.
- Then, you'll need to select how would you create tasks. You have to select the Import tasks issues from Jira option.
- Click on the Next button.
- Select the tasks Jira issues you want to include in your estimation session by clicking on the "+" of each task. Please note that only tasks Jira issues in to To-do, Backlog, Selected for Development and Ready for Development.
- You can review the tickets that you selected on the "Selected Tasks" tab. Click on Next to continue the process.
- Select the type of card set you want to use on your estimation session.
- Select the type of results you want for your estimations. Click on Create to finish the setup of the macro.
- You’ll be sent to start the planning session. You can either continue to the session as Player or Observer or go back to the dashboard.
Playing Planning Poker
Launching the session
After creating a planning session you can access right away, or access an unfinished session through the Dashboard clicking "Join"
or inside the session clicking on the "Estimate Now" button.
You’ll be sent to start the planning session. You can either continue to the session as Player or Observer or go back to the dashboard. Share the link of the Confluence page to your team members and they'll be asked how they want to join as well.
After selecting how you want to join the session, you'll be prompted with the dashboard for the planning session.
Once you see all the players are ready to play a session, click on Let's play.
The dashboard
The dashboard is divided in three. In the left side you'll see the players in the session
And also the list of tasks you'll be estimating.
In the center of the dashboard, you can find your card set and the buttons to vote and take other actions. Here you'll be able yo select your estimations.
In the right side, you'll see instantly the results of the estimations.
Vote
Select the card that best reflects your estimate
Click on Vote Now to enter your vote.
You'll be able to see what each person voted in the list of players and the results in the right side of the dashboard.
NOTE: This result will depend on the type of result you chosen in the setup.
To continue estimating another task, click on Next button in the right side of the dashboard.
New round - Reset round
When there are differences on the estimation between team members, you can always discuss their point of view and setup a new round by clicking on New Round.
Take a break
Whenever a team member needs to take a break for any reason, they can vote Take a break by clicking on the button.
Your vote will appear as a coffee mug in the players list and in the right side of the dashboard will appear a message to all the team members to let them know about the break.
To move on after the break, you'll need to reset the round and vote again. Click on the New Round button.
Finish session
After finishing the estimations, they will appear in the Tasks tabb in the left side of the dashboard.
We encourage you to send us feedback about your experience using the app after finishing the session. You can also contact us via email to hello@softwaredevtools.com or raise a ticket in our helpdesk.
You'll need to click on the Save Session button in the right side of the dashboard to finish the session.
You'll be sent to the summary table of your planning session with the estimations results.
Send estimations to Jira issues
Select the issues you want to send estimations to Jira.
Click on the "Send" button.
A confirmation pop-up will appear clarifying how estimations will be sent into the Jira issues.
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2. Playing without a backlog
Launching the Add-on
- Access a page in Confluence or create a new one.
- Click below the title of your page and type "{Scrum" and then select the option "Scrum Poker Estimates".
Setting up the game
- After selecting the Scrum Poker Estimates add-on, a modal will appear to start setting up the planning session.
- Enter a name for your backlog for the planning session, so other team members can identify the tasks being estimated.
- Then, you'll need to select how would you create tasks. You have to select the Create new tasks here option.
- Click on the Next button.
- You'll need to create the tasks for your estimation session by typing them and hit enter.
- When hitting enter, the new task will appear as entered for the estimation session.
- You can edit the tasks you already entered by selecting it and clicking on the "Pencil" icon.
- You can also delete tasks you already entered by selecting it and clicking on the "Trash can" icon.
- After finishing up entering the tasks for your estimation session, click on the Next button.
- Select the type of card set you want to use on your estimation session and click Next.
- Select the type of results you want for your estimations. Click on Save to finish the setup of the macro.
- Click on Publish.
- You’ll see the list of tasks for your planning session.
Playing Planning Poker
Launching the session
Share the link of the Confluence page to your team members and ask them to click on Estimate Now button
You'll be prompted with the dashboard for the planning session.
Once you see all the players are ready to play a session, click on Let's play.
The dashboard
The dashboard is divided in three. In the left side you'll see the players in the session
And also the list of tasks you'll be estimating.
In the center of the dashboard, you can find your card set. Here you'll be able yo select your estimations.
In the right side, you'll see instantly the results of the estimations.
Vote
Select the card that best reflects your estimate
Click on Vote Now to enter your vote.
You'll be able to see your vote in the list of players and also in the right side of the dashboard
When all your team votes, you'll be able to see what each person voted in the players list and also the final result of the estimation in the right side of the dashboard.
NOTE: This result will depend on the type of result you chosen in the setup.
To continue estimating another task, click on Next button in the right side of the dashboard.
New round - Reset round
When there are differences on the estimation between team members, you can always discuss their point of view and setup a new round by clicking on New Round.
Take a break
Whenever a team member needs to take a break for any reason, they can vote Take a break by clicking on the button.
Your vote will appear as a coffee mug in the players list and in the right side of the dashboard will appear a message to all the team members to let them know about the break.
To move on after the break, you'll need to reset the round and vote again. Click on the Reset round or New Round button.
Finish session
After finishing the estimations, they will appear in the Tasks tabb in the left side of the dashboard.
You'll need to click on the Save Session button in the right side of the dashboard to finish the session.
You'll be prompted with a message that the estimation session has been saved. Click on the check or X mark on the top right of the screen.
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