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Matt Lewandowski
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Asynchronous Planning Poker

Kollabe has an asynchronous mode for your Planning Poker sessions, allowing Agile teams to estimate tasks even when their schedules or timezones don't align. This flexibility is a game-changer for a lot of teams, enabling distributed teams to unlock the benefits of Planning Poker without the need for more meetings.

How Async Planning Poker Works in Kollabe

With Kollabe's asynchronous planning poker, the meeting creator can input or import all the tickets beforehand, and then share a unique link with their team. There are several ways to import tickets like:

  1. Our Jira Integration
  2. CSV Upload
  3. Manually entering them in

The team can then go through the tickets at their own pace, casting their votes and leaving comments as needed.

The Scrum master can monitor the progress of the session, see the team's votes, and respond to any questions or comments left in the chat. This asynchronous approach ensures that everyone has the opportunity to contribute their insights, even if they can't all be present at the same time.

For a more mature team, it can be as simple as that. Reveal the votes and record the story point value. If there is a huge difference in votes, just start a discussion in your favorite communication channel. No need for another meeting.

Learn more about asynchronous planning poker on Kollabe

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