gamified agile effort estimation

PlanningPoker.com

users: remote agile teams

problem: remote effort estimation sessions are bulky and time-consuming

goal: enable faster team effort pointing, leading to more available development time

agile team outcomes: 

• add or import user stories for estimation “game”

• invite team members to a game

• estimate effort for stories using different and custom point scales

• add, edit, remove, drag and drop user stories

• track and measure velocity

• manage average velocity vs. manual input

• export results (.csv)

lessons learned: 

• don’t build every single thing your customers request from support

• a little swag goes a long way at trade shows