Distributed Estimation

JQL support makes it really easy to setup a new game, and exporting estimation results back helps to save time for a scrummaster

Been there, done that. We know that the planning poker can be painful at times, so we've tried our best to implement an estimation game without all that boring stuff

Each issue shows grouped estimation results for easier analysing by a game administrator. He is able then to export a final estimate back to issue either as comment or set it to a specified field

The Problem: estimating across different Time Zones (which is difficult with the classical planning poker).

Remote teams is not something new nowadays. In the age of outsourcing there is a pretty decent chance that one day you come to the office and realise that nobody is there in the middle of the working day or during the estimation meeting.

So there is plenty of knowledge and experience about handling estimation meetings without physical presence in the same room. But what to do when your team is outsourced and scattered among different time zones, so there is no opportunity for everyone to meet online?

The most common solution (or at least such is my impression) is to ask participants to write their estimates in the comments of your issue tracker, per issue. While it might work, there is a few disadvantages to such approach:

• there is no "centralised" place for estimation results
• issues become "dirty" really fast

Meet the Solution: Distributed Estimation Add-On for Jira.