Real-time poker

Contents: 1 Create real-time poker game 2 Select work items for prioritization 3 Vote on work item metrics 4 Close voting and see results 5 Accept voting results 6 Retake voting 7 Post-game actions

Contents: 1 Create real-time poker game 2 Select work items for prioritization 3 Vote on work item metrics 4 Close voting and see results 5 Accept voting results 6 Retake voting 7 Post-game actions

By choosing real-time planning poker, you enable your team to vote simultaneously, fostering dynamic discussions and quicker decision-making. This approach keeps the planning session interactive and ensures immediate alignment on priorities.

Create real-time poker game

To create a new priority planning poker game:

In the Priorities module, click Priority poker in the top right.
Click Create a new game and enter a game name.
Select:
1. Real-time poker to prioritize with your coworkers in real-time, or
2. Async poker to let your team prioritize in their own time and review the results later.
Click Next: Select metrics.
Select metrics to prioritize and click Next: Select issues.
Select work items you want to prioritize. Use filters to find the necessary work items.
When ready, click Create game.
You’ve created a new poker game. Invite other players to the game using the link, and once you’re ready, click Start the session to begin voting. New players can join even after the session starts and participate in the voting process.

Select work items for prioritization

The session admin (creator of the game) can select the current work item to prioritize by clicking on the work item card in the Ready for prioritization column.

Screenshot of the Ready for prioritization panel on the right in the priority poker game.

Vote on work item metrics

You can vote on metrics for any selected work item at the bottom of the screen.

You can add values to all metrics or a few only by clicking Submit my vote.
You can choose to skip a turn and refrain from submitting a vote by clicking Skip this turn.

Wait for everyone to finish voting and for the session admin to reveal the score.

Screenshot of the priority poker screen when voting.

Close voting and see results

The session admin can close voting for a work item and reveal results by clicking View results that appears in the voting panel at the bottom of the page, once they submit their vote.

Then, everyone is taken to the Results screen to view the average votes for each metric, alongside details of all player submissions.

Once results are revealed, no one can vote on the work item again.

Screenshot of the View results button in the priority poker game.

Accept voting results

The session admin can accept the vote by clicking Accept results at the bottom of the Results page. Once the result is accepted, the average vote is stored as the final value for that metric, and the work item priority score is recalculated accordingly.

The Results screen then closes, and all players are presented with the next work item to prioritize.

The session admin can overwrite the results by simply clicking and changing the value of the final average metric field on the Results page.

Screenshot of the Results panel in the priority poker game.

Retake voting

If the team is dissatisfied with the results, the session admin can retake the voting.

Click Retake the vote at the bottom of the Results screen.
All players are returned to the Voting screen to submit their votes for a work item.
Click View results to see new results.

Post-game actions

Once all work items in the priority planning poker game are prioritized or you run out of time in your prioritization meeting, you can go back to the Priorities module screen and view work items with newly assigned metrics in the table.