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The high-level steps of playing priority planning poker are:
Create a poker room with selected issues
Invite team members
Everyone votes on metrics for selected issues in real-time
Present the results of the voting, together with each member’s votes
Discuss when necessary and accept the votes. Or retake voting if outliers are prominent
Roles in priority planning poker session
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Players can only vote on the issue selected by the Session admin at that time and view the results once voting is closed.
Roles | Session admin | Player |
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Vote on metrics Skip vote | | |
Close the voting and reveal score | |
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View results | |
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Change or accept voting results | |
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Select issue that is being voted on | |
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Invite other players | |
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Finish the game | |
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Start the game | |
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How to create a new priority planning poker game
To create a new priority planning poker game, access Foxly by clicking on the Priorities tab in the Project menu.
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Click on the Priority poker button in the top right
Give your poker session a name and select the metrics you want to prioritize on the session
Click on the Select issues button
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4. Check the checkbox of the issues you want to prioritize; use filters to find the issues you need.
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You’ve created a new poker game. Invite other players to the game via the link and once you’re ready, click on Start the session button to begin voting. New players can join even after the session has already started and participate in the voting process.
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How to select the issues for prioritization
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You can vote on metrics for any selected issue at the bottom of the screen.
You can add values to all metrics or a few only, and click on Submit my vote
You can choose to skip a turn and refrain from submitting a vote by clicking on the Skip this turn button
Wait for everyone to finish voting and for the session admin to reveal the score.
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How to close voting and see results
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Once results are revealed, no one can vote on the issue again.
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How to accept the voting result
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If the team is dissatisfied with the results, the session admin can then retake the voting.
The session admin clicks on Retake the vote button at the bottom of the results screen
All players are taken back to the voting screen for this issue, to submit their votes
The session admin clicks on the View results button to see new results
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What to do when the priority poker game finishes
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