Asynchronous Planning Poker

May 9, 2023

Planning Poker with asynchronous voting. Asynchronous planning poker. The user can navigate between tickets, vote, and leave comments.

Estimate on Your Schedule

Overcome time zone barriers and scheduling conflicts! Our new asynchronous mode enables flexible estimation where team members can vote and comment on their own time while maintaining the integrity of independent planning poker.

What's New

  • Asynchronous session mode enabling non-real-time participation

  • Self-guided navigation between all tickets in the session

  • Independent voting that preserves planning poker principles

  • Comment functionality to explain reasoning or ask questions

  • Flexible toggling between synchronous and asynchronous modes

  • Vote preservation when switching between modes

Why It Matters

Distributed teams often struggle to find common meeting times for planning. Asynchronous planning poker solves this challenge by decoupling estimation from real-time meetings while maintaining the benefits of independent voting. Team members can thoughtfully consider each ticket, vote at their convenience, and still contribute valuable perspective to the estimation process regardless of their time zone or schedule.

Enable asynchronous mode for your next planning session and experience how flexible participation leads to higher engagement and more inclusive estimation from your entire team.