The Kollabe change log is a place where you can see what has been released recently. This application is still activity being developed and changes are made often.
If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let us know. There is a feedback button on the user menu, in the top right corner of the screen.
The Latest Changes to Kollabe
Screen Sharing Mode - 30 June 2023
We know that sometimes scrum leaders are also voting, while sharing their screen of the game in a meeting. We wanted to make this experience better, without having to have multiple screens open.
So we created a screen sharing mode. This mode hides your vote from being displayed, and allows you to vote from your keyboard. When this mode is enabled, each card will have a character underneath it, that you use to vote.
To enable this mode, click on the user menu when you are in a game, and toggle on Screen sharing. Your votes are now hidden and you are ready to start voting with your keyboard!
Support for Smaller Screens - 30 June 2023
Teams get together to plan on all sorts of devices. We are always looking for ways to improve the experience as much as we can, for any screen size.
With this update, we have added better support for smaller screens. This means various little updates, like making the table one sided at certain screen heights.
This also makes for a better mobile experience, as users in small games should not need to scroll. The room is now completely dynamic and will change to fit your screen, while maintaining all of the functionality.
Ability to Create Teams - 12 June 2023
We have added the ability to create Teams. You can now group your users into teams, and the results for each team will be displayed separately. Users that are in a team will now have a tag next to their name, to indicate what team they are in.
This feature is really useful when voting on user stories, when multiple teams are involved. You can now all vote together, and see the results from each team separately.
Better Voting Statistics - 05 June 2023
We have added more voting statistics to the end of each round. When hovering over the donut at the end of a round, you will now see the rounds Average, Median, Range, and Mode.
We have incorporated a comprehensive set of voting statistics to provide you with a holistic view of your team's estimations.
Detailed Tickets and Stories - 11 May 2023
We have added a markdown text editor to the ticket and story description. This allows you to add more detail to your tickets and stories. This is useful for adding acceptance criteria, or any other information that you want to share with your team.
With these changes, you can now also add a ticket ID and Link to your tickets. This is useful if you are using an external ticketing system, such as Jira or Trello and you want your team to be able to quickly navigate to the ticket.
When a round has been revealed, you can now find the results from that votes on the ticket. We now display cards at the bottom of the tickets, showing the vote history.
When importing a CSV of tickets, there is now a toggle to convert Jira descriptions. Jira uses a system different to markdown, so this toggle will convert the Jira description to markdown, so you can keep all of your formatting.
Asynchronous Planning Poker - 9 May 2023
We have added the ability to run asynchronous planning poker sessions. This allows you to create a room, add tickets and stories, and then share the room with your team. Your team can then join the room and vote on the tickets and stories.
When the room is set to asynchronous, users will have the ability to navigate between all of the tickets, leaving their vote and a comment.
The asynchronous setting can easily turned on and off from inside the room, so you can resume a normal game when everyone is done voting, or you can reveal the round to check everyones votes.
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Password Protected Rooms - 5 May 2023
You can now secure your room with a password. Password protected rooms require users to enter the password before being shown anything for the Planning Poker room. When joining, users will be presented with a pop up, asking them to enter the password before continuing.
The user will only be asked to enter the password once. If they correctly answer the question it will be saved onto their session and they can now enter the room freely.
When creating a link for a password protected room, you will be given the option to include the password. This will add the password to the link, and automatically enter it for the user.
Round Comments - 18 April 2023
We have added the ability for a team to communicate within the app. Every round now has comments, so your team can discuss the ticket or story that is being voted on.
Comments are only relevant to the current round, when the next round is started the comments section will be cleared. This is to ensure that the comments are relevant to the current ticket or story.
To add a bit of fun, we have also added the ability to send GIFs in the comments. This is a great way to add a bit of fun to your planning poker sessions.
