It is easier than you think. Scrum poker is an estimation game to help agile teams to estimate effort, vote on stories, tasks, projects, and measure happiness remotely. The original game begins with the introduction and discussion of an agile user story or feature. When the subject has been thoroughly examined, each player/estimator privately selects one card to represent the conclusion they have arrived at. All cards are then revealed at once. We use a standard sequence to estimate 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100, BREAK, QUESTION cards. The values represent the number of story points or other values the team has agreed to estimate.

If all players selected the same or quite close value, that becomes the estimate. If not, the high and low estimators share their thoughts in detail. After discussion, each player selects a new card, and all cards are again revealed at the same time. The process is repeated until unity is reached. 

Are you “ALL IN?”

We play Scrum Poker after the “THE PLANNING”; after the product backlog is written or there is a new task/story that has been identified during the project.  We use the Scrumpanion app to measure happiness mainly after the daily standup/developer dailys as the whole team is together.

As they say : “EAT, SLEEP, POKER, REWIND

The Scrum Poker app is a digital solution for making a group of globally distributed Developers, Scrum Masters, Stakeholders, and Product Owners, into a strong, motivated team who all pull together. 

It is fast and straightforward. In a single round, your team will be able to estimate the effort and complexity of a task or project; measure happiness. Aid Scrum workflow instantly. No matter where your team is based,  or what device they are working on, reach each other via smartphone, tablet, and online, so no one is left out.

Smart and easy: made for our number one customer! YOU! That’s not just a catchy phrase we’ve thought up. You are number ONE for us! Be a Developer, Product Owner, Scrum Master or Agile Coach, Manager, Team Member – we want to make your life more comfortable with a lightweight, easy-to-use tool for maximum results.

• Keep feedback loops small
• Increase productivity
• React to new requirements adaptively
• Enable transparent communication 
• Optimize workflow in distributed teams
• Build an intrinsically motivated, reliable team through transparency 
• The app is a secure tool that handles personal data sensitively

The app uses digital estimation cards and follows a simple but effective system:

• Open the app to choose an avatar and nickname.
• Enter your Team Space. Invite your team by clicking on the invite button and sharing the invite link on any communication channel. 
• Choose the type of your estimation:

Estimate Story Points – Scrum Planning Poker

Create Transparent Decision Processes with Delegation Poker

Measure Your Team Happiness

• The chosen card set is green.
• Preferably the Scrum Master/Delegator starts the estimation. Anyone has the right.
• Team members vote by double-clicking on a card of choice or by choosing a number on the online platform. 
• When everyone has finished voting, indicated by the green dots forming a circle in the bottom of the mobile app, the Scrum Master closes the voting.
•  Only then will the online Scrum board show an overall figure for how the Scrum members have ranked their estimations. 
• Click on the segments of the pie chart to see the results and start discussing the results.

Yes, with our webclient you can easily join an estimation your colleague is directing. Please be advised that the web client is not capable of directing an estimation as a scrum master you certainly can just click on the invitation link and join your team estimation form your PC or Mac.

Yes, you can just download the Scrumpanion app and change the card layouts and double tap on the cards. We use the happiness index after every meeting. This helps to keep a positive attitude, rubs off on your colleagues, and creates a wonderfully productive workplace atmosphere.

Yes, you can just download the Scrumpanion app and change the card options and double tap on the cards to estimate. We perfected this deck for the request of our biggest Bavarian enterprise partner.

EASY. Go to http://www.scrumpanion.com and download the app for FREE. Invite your team into your team space and start your session. We recommend a Product owner, ScrumMaster or Agile coach to prepare the team space for the estimation. You do not need any other communication channel to carry out a session. 

The Scrum Poker app is a digital solution for making a group of globally distributed Developers, Scrum Masters, Stakeholders, and Product Owners, into a strong, motivated team who all pull together.

YES! We dreamt, developed, and  perfected this product with our remote team reaching from Ecuador to India and using it every day as one of our primary and favorite tools. Scrum Poker leads to better estimates, brings expert opinions closer, and helps to share knowledge for better decisions. We are miles away but still can increase accuracy on items with a lot of uncertainty and involve cross-functional team members, which accelerates not only our software projects but also the whole company’s productivity.
Now it is your turn to join the game! Read more here.

We are providing you some tips and guidelines to help you and your Scrum Team

Registration: If you don’t want to login with your Facebook, Google or Apple account you can register with your email address and a password (at least 6 characters). After the successful registration, you will receive a confirmation email with the validation link.

Following Login errors may occur:
In case you try to login with an incorrect email address you may receive the following error messages: ‘There is no user record corresponding to this identifier. The user may have been deleted’ or ‘E_SIGNIN_CANCELLED_ERROR’. In that case please restart the login process with the correct login data.

Signup failure: If you are registering make sure to give a valid and correct email address and a password with at least 6 characters.

Timeout or Network error: Your internet is slow or the connection is unstable. Make sure to always have a stable internet connection when using Scrumpanion.

Unavailable Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions: In case you cannot open the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions pages, make sure to update your app to the current version.

If you have any questions or facing any issues don’t hesitate to contact our support team at support@scrumpanion.com