A deck of cards: jack, queen, and king of spades
A deck of cards: jack, queen, and king of spades

Game Time

Game Time

Game Time

Game Time

Any agile team uses some form of planning poker to size their development efforts. If the team is sitting in the same office, this is pretty easy. Reserve a conference room, gather the people and start moving through the stories. If the team is remote, however, things are a bit trickier. There are several reasonable solutions out there ranging from PokerBot for Slack to several dev-built websites. While these are fine they lack a bit of pizazz.

Over a lazy weekend the Border team knocked out our designer version of the classic tool. It's free to use and maybe you'll like it. It's responsive and doesn't require a download or integration. It also doesn't do too much, but focuses on some more of the human elements: people not responding and bathroom breaks.

Check it out and we hope you enjoy it: poker.borderux.com

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Aaron loves innovative solutions to complex problems. He's a strategist and designer who fights fiercely for great products. His vast experience and focus on process encourages new thinking in others.

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