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Planning Poker Azure DevOps Integration

With Kollabe, you have the ability to import your work items directly from Azure DevOps! This powerful feature enhances our Planning Poker tool by streamlining your sprint planning estimation workflow. This is a great way to quickly get your work items into your planning sessions. Once you have setup your Azure DevOps integration, you can quickly and easily search for and import your work items. While the integration is still active, your work items will be automatically updated with the winning vote from each round! Keep reading to find out how to setup your Azure DevOps integration.

Setting up your Azure DevOps Integration

Step 1: Connect to Azure DevOps

The first thing you will need to do is grant Kollabe permission to read your Azure DevOps work items. There will be an Azure DevOps button in the settings menu that will allow you to setup your integration. This should open up a modal to get you started. Once you click Setup, you will be redirected to Azure DevOps to grant Kollabe permission to access your work items. You will need to login to your Azure DevOps account and grant permission to Kollabe. Once you have granted permission, you will be redirected back to Kollabe with more instructions!

Step 2: Add your Story Point Field

Once you have granted permission, you will be asked to add your Story Point field in Azure DevOps. Azure DevOps allows for custom fields, so you will need to add your field. This is an optional step, but it will allow Kollabe to automatically update your work items with the winning vote from each round. You can choose to skip this step if you do not want Kollabe to keep your work items in sync. It is also important to note that if you remove your integration after adding work items, the work items will not be updated with the winning vote. The integration must be active for the work items to be updated.

Step 3: Search and Import your Work Items

Once you have setup your integration, you can search for and import your work items from Azure DevOps. There are two ways to do this, either by using our Azure DevOps filters, or by using the custom WIQL (Work Item Query Language) search input. Adding filters will automatically trigger a search, but you will need to click the search button when using the WIQL input. Now that you have found your work items, you can select the ones you want to import. Once you have selected your work items, click the import button and your work items will be added to your planning poker session! Easy as that!

Step 4: Syncing your Votes

Now that everything is completed, your integration is active, and your work items are imported, you can start voting! Once you have revealed the round, and the winning vote is updated, your work item will be synced with Azure DevOps. There will be a small indicator on the winning vote to show when the sync was successful! This indicator will only show for a brief amount of time and then disappear. If you don't see this indicator, it means that the sync was not successful. This can happen for a few reasons, but the most common is that the integration has been removed or you selected the wrong story point field. That is it! You are now ready to start voting on your work items!

Conclusion

Integrating Azure DevOps with Kollabe is a great way to quickly get your work items into your planning sessions. It is also a great way to keep your work items in sync with your Azure DevOps board. This can be a great way to keep your team on the same page and make sure that everyone is working with the same information. Kollabe also integrates with Jira and GitHub Projects if your team uses those tools instead. Ready to start? Try Kollabe's Planning Poker tool with Azure DevOps integration today! If you have any questions regarding how we handle your data, please refer to our privacy policy.