Scrum Poker Estimates for Confluence helps teams run planning sessions in an interactive and engaging way by playing Planning poker.
Team members can create tasks or import backlogs from Jira, estimate tasks with a fun game by voting separately and avoid groupthink, 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 a backlog.
To get started with our app and begin with a planning session, please take a look at our documentation.
1. Installing the Scrum Poker Confluence - Jira integration Add-on
If you'd like to import Jira backlogs to your Scrum Poker Estimates for Confluence add-on's planning sessions you'll need to install and setup the Jira integration. Please follow the next steps:
Install the Add-on
- Go to the Settings - Add-ons inside your Jira's instance.
- Click on the Manage Add-ons option
- Click on the Find new add-ons link
- You'll be sent to the Marketplace for Jira's add-ons. Type "Scrum Poker" in the search bar.
- Click on the install button of the Scrum Poker Estimates Jira integration add-on
- A confirm add-on installation message will pop-up. Click on the "Accept & Install" button.
- The installation of the add-on will start and show the process in a pop-up.
- Once the installation is finished, you'll get a confirmation and you'll be ready to go!
Configure Jira to send estimates to your backlogs
- Go to Settings - Issues inside your Jira instance
- Access the Custom fields option
- Look for the Story Points custom field
- Click on the menu and select the Screens option
- Add the desired Screen to the Story Points custom field by checking those projects you want Scrum Poker Estimates for Confluence to send estimates to Jira with the Jira add-on integration.
Once you changed and saved your preferences, you should be able to send estimates to Jira using Scrum Poker Estimates for Confluence - Jira integration add-on
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2. Playing with a Jira 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 Import tasks from Jira option.
- Click on the Next button.
- Select the backlog you want to import to select your tasks for the planning session and click on Next.
- Select the tasks you want to include in your estimation session by clicking on the "+" of each task.
- 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 Insert to finish the setup of the macro.
- Click on Publish.
Playing Planning Poker
The dashboard
Vote
New round - Reset round
Take a break
Finish session
3. 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
Playing Planning Poker
The dashboard
Vote
New round - Reset round
Take a break
Finish session
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