A complete planning poker app directly in Microsoft Teams
Features for a smooth estimation session in Microsoft Teams
Simple user interface for delightful planning meetings
Create a room, invite your colleagues and start planning your next sprint. No need to create an account and it's all free to use.
Adjust estimation units to fit your team
Set up T-shirt sizing, Fibonacci values or all kinds of custom combinations as voting options. Measure team velocity with automatically collected historical data.
Find consensus and discuss edge cases
Join with an unlimited number of voters and find consensus on your tickets or issues. The app will show averages and highlight edge cases amongst the votes.
Install the app in Zoom, Teams, Meet or Webex
Install the Planning Poker embedded app to enjoy the same great planning experience without leaving your video meeting. Available for all major video conferencing tools for free.
Send reactions to topics
Express your thoughts and opinions on each topic, without having to interrupt the meeting. Improve meeting participation and engagement, and make planning poker more fun and enjoyable for everyone involved.
Use PlanningPoker.live asynchronously
Asynchronous planning meetings help teams plan more efficiently by allowing participants to prepare for and vote on topics at their own pace, before meeting to discuss the results and make decisions.
Connect your Jira account for the best planning experience
Our Jira integration helps you spend less time preparing for your meeting: just select tickets from your Jira backlog with our seamless integration. After voting, the average estimate can be saved back to the corresponding Jira issue, keeping everything up-to-date and eliminating manual entry.
Estimate Linear issues easily
Our new Linear integration lets you search and add Linear issues directly to your planning poker sessions. Once everyone votes, the majority vote can be saved back to the corresponding issue in Linear. This keeps your estimates up-to-date and saves you the hassle of manual entry.
Password protection & permissions
Create private rooms protected by a password and adjust room permissions to your preferences. Manage your organization with unlimited members.
PokerBot, your AI SCRUM master
Our newest employee is here to help with your planning sessions. Once your planning session is over, PokerBot will create a summary of the events, votes and highlights of your meeting. Send it to your team for a motivated sprint!
Frequently Asked Questions
Planning Poker in Microsoft Teams is an embedded app that lets you run agile estimation sessions directly within your Teams meetings. Teams members can vote, discuss estimates, and reach consensus without leaving the meeting environment. Check out our full feature list to learn more.
Using Planning Poker directly in Microsoft Teams eliminates the need to switch between different apps during estimation sessions. It's trusted by agile teams because it seamlessly integrates with your existing workflow, reduces context switching, and keeps everyone focused on the estimation process.
First, install the Planning Poker app from the Teams store. During a meeting, click the Apps button and select Planning Poker. Share the app to make it visible to all participants. The room is automatically created and everyone in the meeting can join instantly - no registration required.
Yes! Even when using Planning Poker in Teams, you can still connect to Jira or Linear. Import your backlog items directly into the estimation session and sync story points back to your project management tool when you're done. Visit our integrations page to learn more about connecting Jira or Linear.
The Teams app provides the same core functionality as our web version, but optimized for the Teams environment. You get the same estimation tools, voting systems, and Jira integration, but with the added benefit of staying within your Teams meeting.
How does it work?
Check out the main steps to installing the app below or learn more in our knowledge base article for setting up PlanningPoker.live in Teams.
To add the app to your Teams account, open AppSource and click the "Get it now" button. You might need to ask your Workspace administrator to whitelist the app for use.
Getting Support and Reporting Bugs
Are you stuck on a question or issue with the app? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions, maybe your query already has an answer.
If you need additional support or have found a bug, please open a ticket here on GitHub and our developers will try to help as fast as possible. We try respond to tickets within 24 hours. If you need immediate assistance, please contact us at hello@planningpoker.live.
