Run a session: the board, roles and voting

The session board

• The toolbar (moderators): Start Estimation opens voting, Finish Voting reveals the votes, and Save & Next saves the estimate and moves to the next issue. It also has the timer, Show Hint (when the session has AI hints on) and the count of people in the session.
• The cards: pick your estimate. The values are the ones chosen for the session.
• Reference Issues: completed issues the moderator chose as benchmarks. Choose Edit References to change them.
• Matching Issues: when you point at a card, completed issues estimated at that value.
• The issue list: every issue in the session. The moderator picks the next one.
• The issue’s details: its Jira fields on the right. Choose which fields show with the settings icon.
• The people panel: who is in the session, their role, and who has voted.

Voting and the results

1. Start the voteThe moderator picks an issue and chooses Start Estimation. With Auto-start Estimation on, voting opens as soon as the issue is picked.
2. Everyone picks a cardVotes stay hidden. The people panel ticks each person who has voted.
3. RevealThe moderator chooses Finish Voting. With Auto reveal votes when all players voted on, the votes show once every participant has voted.
4. Agree and saveThe results show the average, the median, the mode, the highest and lowest votes, the range and a chart of how the votes spread. The moderator picks the agreed value and chooses Save & Next to save it to Jira, or votes again.

Roles

• A moderator runs the flow, saves estimates to Jira, adds people mid-session, changes their roles and can remove them.
• Make only the people who estimate participants: with Auto reveal votes when all players voted on, the votes show once every participant has voted.
• On the free app a session has one moderator.