Frequently Asked Questions:
Besides the how-to processes, there are numbers of frequently asked questions related to Agilibo's Planiac. We have divided these questions into 16 categories. You can click on any of the categories to see the FAQs with answers.
Yes, you can create new set of cards with new images, colors and the text on it for your Planiac session.
Sprint Retrospective is a timeboxed event which usually occurs after sprint review at the end of sprint. The main purpose is to inspect previous sprint, find out problems and enforce it in the next sprint.
Sprint Planning is a Scrum event where the team decides ‘What’, ‘How’ they are going to work on in the next sprint and ‘Why’ the upcoming sprint is necessary.
Yes, Planiac has the feature of allowing the team members to change their estimations after the votes have been revealed.
Sprint Goal is the objective of a sprint which is constructed during Sprint planning session.
Yes, you can customize the cards in Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder in the In-game settings.
Planiac doesn not have this feature currently, but soon we're going to add this feature in the coming iterations.
You can find Retrospective in our Agilibo landing page. Click on the app-switcher button present on the top left screen to be directed to Retrospective.
Yes, Planiac offers two timers. One for the entire event and one for the current event. You can make use of current event timer which can be reset once the event is over.
In Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder under settings you can create a completely new card with different texts, colors, shapes and even images.
Planiac is a card-based web application used by Agile/Scrum teams to facilitate the Sprint planning session, which enables the team to discuss, estimate the User stories and plan them.
It is crucial for a team to self-analyse at regular intervals for continuous improvement in delivery and removing the impediments. Retrospective session serves the purpose.
You can go to settings, click on create cards and modify existing card color inside In-game settings as you wish which will take you to Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder.
Yes, team members can join the Planiac session once it has started.
Subscribe to Agilibo, go to Retrospective, create/join a Retrospective session, gather the thoughts, give votes and discuss them.
You can find Planiac in our Agilibo landing page. Click on the app-switcher button present on the top left screen to be directed to the Planiac.
Yes, you can add more numbers to the existing deck of cards.
Yes, retrospective is a product of an Agile transformation tool called Agilibo
Subscribe to Agilibo, go to Planiac, create a planiac session, discuss and estimate the user stories.
Yes, anyone can create a Retrospective session which makes him/her the facilitator.
Planiac is a product of an Agile transformation tool called Agilibo.
Yes, you can upload an image from your system in Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder in In-game settings.
Yes, anyone can create a Planiac session which makes him/her the facilitator.
Facilitator is the host who creates and organizes the Retrospective event.
Facilitator is the host who creates and organizes the Planiac event.
Yes, Retrospective is a platform to inspect the previous sprint, find the impediments and enforce the outcome in upcoming sprint. But Retrospective suits the best to Agile/Scrum Team.
Yes, Planiac is a platform designed to plan the forecast, estimate and discuss them. But Planiac is best suited for Agile/Scrum Team.
Anyone from the team can facilitate the Retrospective session.
Anyone from the team can facilitate the Planiac session.
Retrospective helps in inspecting the past sprint, finding out impediments from previous sprint and enacting those outcomes in upcoming sprints.
Planiac helps in Planning and estimating the forecast which are critical to success of any software development/project management approach.
In Try and Buy policy Yes, you can. Retrospective is an exclusive platform of Agilibo which can be used free of cost in the trial version for first 30 days after registering with us.
Yes, you can schedule Retrospective session for your team at your desired date and time.
Yes, the user stories related to the product and its readiness to be launched can be also estimated, discussed with Planiac.
In Try and Buy policy Yes, you can. Planiac from Agilibo which can be used free of cost in the trial version for first 30 days after registering with us.
Yes, it is mandatory for all the team members to subscribe to Agilibo if you wish to use Retrospective for a longer period, as our trial period is for 30 days only.
Yes, you can schedule sprint planning for your team at your desired date and time.
Yes, you can use any email ID to register yourself with Agilibo.
You can create support ticket at Agilibo website. Also we have 24/7 customer support available to help you with these issues.
Yes, it is mandatory for all the team members to subscribe to Agilibo if you wish to use Planiac for a longer period, as our trial period is for 30 days only.
Yes, you can enjoy the benefits of Retrospective even from your mobile phone.
Yes, you can use any email ID to register yourself with Agilibo.
You can create support ticket at Agilibo website. Also we have 24/7 customer support available to help you with these issues.
Yes, if you have setup receive emails for your team in Agilibo then invitation mail will be sent to you whenever a new Retrospective event is scheduled.
If the required email trigger setup for the team is done in Agilibo, then the team and invited members will receive an email about the updated details of the Retrospective event.
Yes, you can enjoy the benefits of Planiac even from your mobile phone.
If the desired email trigger setup for the team is done in Agilibo, then the team will be notified about the changes made related to the specific Retrospective event.
Yes, if you have setup receive emails for your team in Agilibo then invitation mail will be sent to you whenever a new Planiac event is scheduled.
If the required email trigger setup for the team is done in Agilibo, then the team and invited members will receive an email about the updated details of the Planiac event.
Yes, if the desired email trigger setup for the team is done in Agilibo, then the team will receive the Summary of the Retrospective session they had to their emails.
If the desired email trigger setup for the team is done in Agilibo, then the team will be notified about the changes made related to the specific Planiac event.
Yes, Retrospective allows you to view and download reports from the previous sprints.
Go to Agilibo.info, click on the app-switcher and choose Retrospective. You will see Request Demo button there which will guide you to the Request Demo page where you can fill out details.
Yes, if the desired email trigger setup for the team is done in Agilibo, then the team will receive the Summary of the Planiac session they had to their emails.
Yes, Planiac allows you to view and download reports from the previous sprints.
Yes, current facilitator can assign new facilitator using the setting option.
Go to Agilibo.info, click on the app-switcher and choose Planiac. You will see Request Demo button there which will guide you to the Request Demo page where you can fill out details.
No, anyone from the team who creates the event can facilitate a Retrospective session.
No, at the moment you can only schedule one session at a time. But we are working to make it recurring.
Do I need to be an Admin team member in Agilibo to facilitate a Planiac session?
Yes, Retrospective session can be scheduled for as many numbers of people as you wish.
No, at the moment you can only schedule one session at a time. But we are working to make it recurring.
No, the session will not close even if the timer is up. It is recommended to keep the Retrospective session timeboxed.
Yes, he can join the planning session and participate in Planiac. But cannot be the facilitator if he/she does not have an Agilibo account.
No, the session will not close even if the timer is up. It is recommended to keep the Planiac session timeboxed.
Yes, Agilibo has many exciting themes in its Retrospective platform.
Agilibo has following inbuilt templates:
1. “What went well & what did not go well”?
2. Start – Stop – Continue.
3. Mad – Sad – Glad.
4. 3A’s: Anxious – Awful – Awesome.
5. KILL: Keep – Invent – Limit – Largen.
6. Three Little Pigs.
7. 4 L’s: Liked, Longed for, Lacked, Learned.
8. Nailed it or Failed it?
9. Get Up – Give Up – Keep Up.
10. Lean Café.
11. DAKI Sprint.
12. Oscar.
13. Post-it.
14. Yay or Nay.
15. KISS: Keep it Simple Superheroes.
With Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder it is possible for you to export the card you just created as an image.
With Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder you can customize the color, text and image on cards.
“What went well & what did not go well” is one of the most commonly retrospective templates which allows participants to note down the points which went as per the plan and which went the opposite.
We have provided a Plus/Minus button in the clock which can be used to adjust the time.
“What went well & what did not go well” Retrospective gives your team an opportunity to inspect the committed & achieved and planned but failed tasks, so that team can adapt accordingly.
“Start-Stop-Continue” Retrospective is a standard retrospective template where your team can list what according to them should be started, stopped and continued from the next sprint in order to get better results.
Not in the current version, but in the coming updates we are planning to include this feature.
Yes, cards – design, arrangement can be customized in Planiac.
“Start-Stop-Continue” Retrospective gives the team a clearer picture of what is needed and what is not in the next iteration and this thought process is based on the previous sprint experience.
With Agilibo Planiac Custom Card Builder you can customize the arrangement of deck of cards in your Planiac session.
Yes, Planiac has Fibonacci, modified fibonacci and tshirt sizes themes available which can be chosen to explore and play.
“MAD-SAD-GLAD” retrospective is widely used retrospective template which helps the team to self-analyse their emotions. Team can point out what made them angry, sad and happy in the previous sprint
No, each company registered with Agilibo can only view their product and sprint backlogs.
With “MAD-SAD-GLAD” retrospective template the team gets a chance take a look at their own emotional wellbeing, re-craft the work process so that there is a work-life balance maintained. This eventually ensure job satisfaction.
“3A’s - Anxious, Awful, Awesome” is Agilibo specific retrospective template which encourages the team to share the incidents of previous sprint which made them feel stressed, demotivated and encouraging.
You only have permissions to create Planiac session for the team which you are part of.
We have 24/7 customer support available to help you with these issues.
You can also create a support ticket for the same in Agilibo website.
With “3A’s - Anxious, Awful, Awesome” retrospective team can note down all incidents that triggered their emotions to stressful, difficult and good situations. This analysis would make the team emotionally stronger leading a team which is satisfied with the job.
“KILL – Keep, Invent, Limit, Largen” is an Agilibo’s custom retrospective which encourages the team to discuss the work process which gave bigger value and also less than what was expected, to come up with innovative ideas and to reduce what did not bring much value to the delivery.
Yes, the company data synced with Agilbo is encrypted.
Yes, Agilibo can access the basic information used to create the Agilibo account. But other data needed for functionality are defined on cookie policy and privacy policy.
“KILL – Keep, Invent, Limit, Largen” retrospective gives team the space it needs to open up their ideas, put forth their opinions about what should be taken more or less to increase & enhance delivery on basis of which decisions of the next sprint are made.
No, company cannot use Planiac without revealing the data to Agilibo. The estimation in agile work environment is not a discrete event and Planiac data are well synced with Agilibo sprint backlog management.
“Three little pigs” retrospective is the scrum retrospective which depicts the story of 3 little pigs. The team can highlight those points which are bit messed up and more prone to errors, which lack rigidity and could be improved for smoother functioning of the team and which are rock solid which must be continued by the team.
We are using encrypted database from the cloud and our vendor is Exoscale. For more information you can visit their website for their privacy policy.
“Three little pigs” retrospective helps the team to express the thoughts which could make a wobbly sprint more solid and stable on every terms.
“4L’s Retrospective” is Like, Learned, Lacked and Long for retrospective where the team lists down the pros and cons of previous iteration along with what was missing and what the team longed for to achieve their goal.
You can put the topic for the Planning session for which the Planiac event is getting created.
This is an automatically generated password for the Planiac session you are about to create. You can create more random 4-character keywords as password by hitting the Generate button.
“4L’s Retrospective” is used to enhance the interaction among the team by putting forward their needs and went was missing in the previous iteration which if added could have added a big value to the delivery.
You can choose the team for which the Planiac session is getting created.
“Nailed it or Failed it” Retrospective is a retrospective template from Agilibo which focuses on two extremes- the strength and weakness.
In team name, under the drop-down list it will show the list of teams to which you are a part of.
“Nailed it or Failed it” Retrospective is used to enlist what went extremely good and what went downside which could have been avoided. This way team figures out a plan for future.
Ususally for a 1 week sprint, the planning session does not take not more than 2 hours.
“Get up-Give up-Keep up” in an action-oriented Retrospective from Agilibo which includes those points which should be started, kept or given up during an iteration to improve the sprint and the delivery.
This feature is enabled to let you meter the performance of team although data is not editable. And yes, you can estimate Done items also, but it is recommended to estimate items before working on them.
“Get up-Give up-Keep up” includes those points which should be started during an iteration, which should be stopped and those points which were successful enough to be kept even in the upcoming sprints for enhance level of delivery.
No, Agilibo’s Planiac has the option to Generate new random passwords to be used in the session instead.
“Lean Café” Retrospective is a Agilibo specific retrospective which makes the team come up with an agenda only during the retrospective session. The entire team put their thought 1 category which is discussed and action points are derived out of it to be implemented into next sprint.
No, estimation of user stories in Planiac is not status specific.
“Lean Café” Retrospective enables every individual from the team to dynamically react to the current situation and triggers their thinking about points put up by themselves along with others then and there.
User story is a valuable functionality/feature from user’s point of view that fulfils a purpose of the user.
“DAKI Sprint” Retrospective gives the team a chance to discuss points which the team feels should be Dropped, Added, Kept and Imrpoved.
Backlog items are the list of tasks required to make a product workable. These are tasks which the team has decided to work on next.
“DAKI Sprint” Retrospective makes the team discuss the points put by them, identify patterns which cause impediment and come up with action points to rectify the same.
“Oscar” Retrospective is an Agilibo’s retrospective which focuses on bringing the talent of the individual to light and appreciate them for the hard work they have done till now.
No, Agilibo offers integration with other project management tools as well. Some of them are JIRA, Trello, Clickup etc.
No, there is no limit in estimating the number of user stories per sprint. You can estimate as many user stories as you have in your sprint.
“Oscar” Retrospective is an Agilibo’s effort to give special importance to all the team members irrespective of the skills they possess. It encourages the team cheer up for themselves by identifying their skills which even they wouldn’t have even thought of in past.
Yes, anyone who has dedicatedly worked hard with his/her talents can be awarded in “Oscar” Retrospective from Agilibo.
“Post-it” Retrospective is an Agilibo’s approach to allow team to write anything in retrospective sticky notes which they wish to discuss.
Yes, along with the title you can also view the estimation (if already estimated) in Planiac itself.
Refreshing the URL will refresh the backlogs present in the sprint currently chose to be estimated.
“Post-it” Retrospective gives equal importance to all the points coming from every individual and it has to be made sure that all the points are heard, discussed and action points are derived out of it.
Yes, Planiac enables the team to view the description as well as the acceptance criteria of a user story while being in the planning session.
“Yay or Nay” Retrospective is an Agilibo’s approach to give thumbs up or thumbs down to the previous iteration based on happiness index, work load, achievement of the sprint goal, velocity etc.
“Yay or Nay” Retrospective is a straight way of discussing how the previous sprint went, was it a success or a failure without wasting much of time.
Estimation means assigning a point value to a user story to get an idea about the weightage of the item.
“KISS – Keep It Simple Superheroes” Retrospective is designed for Agile superheroes who get full freedom to discuss whatever they wish.
Estimation gives team a relative visualization of the list of items present within a sprint about how much a user story weighs.
Yes, Planiac is an estimation platform of Agilibo and this estimation gets reflected in Agilibo Sprint Backlog Management.
“KISS – Keep It Simple Superheroes” Retrospective allows the team to self-review more qualitatively where people can take a recap of all/ any number of previous retro sessions, the action points derived out of them, look at the current work process and compare how efficiently the team is working now after those many retro sessions.
Re-estimation is the process of estimating the user stories after first round of discussion and estimation when estimation points from the team has a huge difference.
No, you cannot change colours of the screens.
To ensure the estimation is close to accurate and the team has understood the requirement behind a User story, re-estimation is needed.
No, colours cannot be changed.
No, each company registered with Agilibo can only view their product and sprint backlogs.
Yes, we have an exclusive re-estimate button in Planiac which allows the team to estimate that user story again.
You only have permissions to create Retrospective session for the team which you are part of.
Story point is a measure that expresses the size of a backlog item with respect to the effort needed and the time.
We have 24/7 customer support available to help you with these issues.
You can also create a support ticket for the same in Agilibo website.
No, there is no specific formula to estimate User stories with story points. Story points are relative. Team can estimate stories keeping the velocity of previous sprint in mind.
Velocity is a measure to determine the progress of a team.
Yes, the company data synced with Agilibo is encrypted.
It means that the user story estimated as 2 is double the size, complexity, risk and time of the user story estimate as 1.
Yes, Agilibo can access the basic information used to create the Agilibo account. We access data for our future project of implementing NLP.
No, company cannot use Retrospective without revealing the data to Agilibo.
Yes, it depends on the team to estimate user stories when they feel they are confident enough. Although scrum suggests estimation of all user stories sooner at start of the sprint.
Yes, in Planiac estimation is done assuming that you will only be working on those user stories and all the requirements needed are readily available in hand.
We are using encrypted database from the cloud and our vendor is Exoscale. For more information you can visit their website for their privacy policy.
You need to provide the team for which the new Retrospective session is being created.
No, estimation should not be done based on roles.
You need to provide the sprint number of the team for which the new Retrospective session is being created.
Role based estimation is not suggested as agile gives more importance to the team and not an individual.
You need to provide the duration of the Retrospective session being created.
No, estimation is not done by a single person. Estimates are shared.
Yes, you can estimate tasks in Planiac as well as per the wish of the team.
Password is auto generated and four charactered created whenever a new session is being created. A facilitator can use this password to make the session password protected so that only his/her team joins the Retrospective session.
Yes, if team is not sure about a user story estimation can be skipped for the same.
The facilitator can include all the email IDs of the guest users/internal user registered with Agilibo who is required to attend the particular Retrospective session.
Planiac enables team to set realistic goals, take up feasible work in a specific timeframe as estimation gives the team a clearer idea.
Topic is the basis on which the Retrospective session is to be handled. This also lets the participants know the actual reason for the session to take place.
Planiac has a Pass card which you can select in case you want to skip estimating one user story during the Planiac session.
Starting Directive is the prime purpose of the Retrospective session to be scheduled. This tells the participants what is going to be discussed in the session.
Yes, Agilibo gives full access to users to create custom Retrospective session.
Ideal days are a measure in days an individual would need to make a story into Done without any interruptions.
Once you are inside the Retrospective, enable the Set the Stag flag and turn on the option of Existing template. This would show you all the predefined templates available with Agilibo from which you can select as per your wish.
No, estimation should be unbiased.
Estimation of user stories in ideal days means assigning ideal days to user stories. This means it takes Idea days for an individual to make the user story Done.
If Hide Card Author is enabled, the name of the person who posted the opinion on the digital sticky notes doesn’t appear at all throughout the session.
Fibonacci series is an estimation sequence where numbers from Fibonacci series is assigned to User Stories.
No, Agilibo’s Retrospective has the option to Generate new random passwords to be used in the session instead.
You can create a new Retrospective session in New Session section under Event Starts at option where you can specify the date and time of the event being scheduled.
Agile Fibonacci estimation scale allows team to understand work items using story points.
You can create a new Retrospective session in New Session section under Event Starts at option where you can specify the date and time of the event being scheduled.
Numbers available on the deck of cards in Planiac are 0,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89. This is based on the Fibonacci series of numbers.
Yes, Agilibo’s Retrospective Session allows you to view Velocity chart of your team and previous 10 sprints.
No, there is no baseline for Story point and number of hours dedicated for the work.
Yes, Agilibo’s Retrospective Session allows you to view Burndown chart from the past.
Yes, Planiac from Agilbio is made for the entire scrum team for Sprint Planning session where you and your team can estimate and plan tasks.
Yes, everyone from the scrum team must participate in estimating the user story during the Planiac session.
Yes, Agilibo’s Retrospective Session allows you to view Sprint report from the past.
Yes, with Agilibo’s Retrospective session the facilitator can add new columns even after the session has begun.
Product Owner is the right person you and your team can request to describe the backlog items in such cases.
Re-estimate those user stories whose estimation points given by team members have a huge difference.
Selecting the template gives you and your team different ideas about what should be discussed every sprint in order to make discussions efficient, less complex and get effective outcomes out of it.
Yes, with Agilibo’s Retrospective session the facilitator can edit the header even after the session has begun.
Yes, we can set the Sprint Goal in Planiac session and Yes it will be reflected in Agilibo Sprint Backlog Management.
Sprint Goal is drafted by the entire team and not juts the PO. And yes anyone from the Scrum team can set the Sprint Goal in Planiac.
Yes, Retrospective from Agilibo is made for the entire scrum team to carry out Sprint Respective session where you and your team think about the positives and negatives occurred in previous sprint and take valuable outcomes out of it to be implemented into the next iteration.
Re-estimate button enables the team to go for a second round of discussion and estimation of a specific user story after it has been discussed once. This gives clearer picture of the user story and the process behind it.
Yes, everyone from the scrum team must participate in the Retrospective session.
Agilibo's Retrospective gives the team a chance to inspect and adapt. Disputes arising in the event must be discussed upon well and a valuable solution must be brought down which should be agreed upon by all the participants that can be implemented in the next iteration for enhanced delivery.
Reveal button in Planiac session allows the team to view the estimates given by the them.
Yes, while creating the Planiac session the facilitator can enable an option to allow Planiac to calculate score.
No, each individual is required to participate in Retrospective session to give their inputs personally.
Yes, Planiac offers the timer facility as well to keep a track of your planning session.
The facilitator (Usually Scrum Master) is the right person you and your team can rely on the explain the questions put up in the Retrospective session.
Yes, Planiac is a web application which can be accessed if you have a stable internet connection and a computer/mobile phone.
No, it is advisable for the entire team to attend the Retrospective session for an enhanced discussion and effective action points to be taken in the next sprint.
Yes, Agilibo's Retrospective offers the timer facility to keep a track of your Retrospective session.
Yes, everyone in the team can make use of Planiac and estimate user stories no matter what their skills are, provided the team is aware about the user story.
Yes, Stakeholders can attend the Planiac session provided the facilitator has shared the password of the event to the stakeholder. But a stakeholder attending the planning is rare.
Yes, Retrospective is a web application which can be accessed if you have a stable internet connection and a computer/mobile phone.
Yes, everyone in the team can make use of Retrospective to highlight what they liked and what they did not like in the previous iteration.
Yes, the facilitator has the privilege to make any one from the team members as the facilitator to carry out the Planiac session and then he/she can leave the session. But it is advisable for a SM to attend the Planning.
No, Retrospective is to inspect and adapt within the internal team to help them tackle their problems and work in a more efficient manner. Stakeholders need not attend the Retrospective session. But external guests can attend the session provided the facilitator has shared the password of the event to the concerned person.
No, the estimations will not disappear. If the estimations are set in Planiac and the ‘estimation set’ message pops up in screen this means that estimation is successfully done and gets reflected in Agilibo Sprint Backlog Management.
Yes, the facilitator has the privilege to make any one from the team members as the facilitator to carry out the Retrospective session and then he/she can leave the session. But it is advisable for a SM to attend the Sprint Retrospective.
This version of Planiac does not have this feature yet, but we're surely going to implement it in the coming updates. Stay tuned!
Re-estimation indicates that the team still is unaware of the user story and this can be solved by requesting the PO to explain the differences and get confusions clarified, so that team ends up with more accurate estimations. You can use re-estimate button to go for next round of estimation.
No, the opinions from the team will not disappear.
No, the points will not disappear.
Yes, Planiac allows you to extend the time set in timer by minutes.
Yes, Agilibo's Retrospective will notify you if a step is missed.
Yes, you can end the session manually by clicking on next
Yes, anyone from the team can create a Planiac session and facilitate it. Also, it is highly recommended for Scrum Master to attend the planning session to keep plannings in track, short and efficient.
Yes, Agilibo's Retrospective will notify you if you still have votes pending to be put.
Yes, Agilibo's Retrospective allows you to extend the time set in timer by minutes.
No, Planiac session created by you is accessible only to people within your team. However external guests can access session with invitation link.
Yes, you can end the session manually by clicking on next.
Yes, team members can leave the session and it will not have any impact on the session or the stories estimated till then.
Yes, there is always a hope of improvement. And none of the Scrum events must be skipped.
Yes, since the team discusses the user story, Planiac has given them the privilege to select and set the user story they want to discuss and estimate.
Yes, Planiac allows external users to login through a invitation link which redirects them to the Planiac session and they can even estimate.
No, Agilibo's Retrospective session created by you is accessible only to people within your team. However external guests can access session with invitation link.
Yes, Agilibo's Retrospective has the edit feature of allowing the team members to edit the content which was put in the digital sticky note.
We have set the duration of a Planiac session by default as 2 hours which is the standard duration for a 1-week sprint according to Scrum Guide. This can be altered as per the team and their sprint.
No, one person can vote only once to a point.
Yes, the team can choose and set individual user stories to discuss, estimate and plan them in Planiac.
Yes, but it is advisable to estimate user stories first understand them thoroughly and then get in task-level in depth understanding and then estimate them.
Yes, Agilibo’s retrospective enables you and your team members to group similar points together before voting.
Yes, Agilibo's Retrospective enables the participants to provide their comments on the discussion and outcomes of the retrospective during the Closing Phase.
On the left side of the Planiac screen, you can view all the sprint backlog items from the current sprint which can be chosen, set and after discussion can be estimated too.
Yes, In Retrospective you can use Current Timer to keep track of time of every phase of the Retrospective session.
We don’t have this feature for now.
Yes, you can edit it.
Yes, once a team member leaves the session the number of participants gets reduced by one and one person becomes less on the pool table on the Planiac screen also.
Yes, team members can join Agilibo's Retrospective session once it has started.
Yes, team members can leave the session and it will not have any impact on the session or the points on the digital sticky notes.
Planiac from Agilibo has a timer on the screen which constantly reminds the team about how much time is up and how much time is still left for the session to end. Team can manage accordingly.
No, only the facilitator can traverse through the stages of Retrospective session.
Yes, but it is highly recommended as per Agile that entire team participates in estimation. Planiac gives the whole team the opportunity to provide their estimates.
Yes you can. Agilibo's Retrospective allows external users to login through an invitation link which redirects them to the Retrospective session so that they also can participate and provide their feedback about the sprint.
As per Agile standards it is advisable for the entire team to participate in the estimation to ensure understanding of user stories and correct estimates. We don’t have this feature for now.
We have set the duration of a Retrospective session by default as 45 minutes which is the standard duration for a 1-week sprint according to Scrum Guide. This can be altered as per the team and their sprint.
No, stakeholders should not facilitate the Planiac session. Anyone from the team can facilitate the session except the stakeholder as he/she wouldn’t be aware of the team structure.
No, the development team decides the backlog it is going to work on in the upcoming sprint.
Yes, once a team member leaves the session the number of participants gets reduced by one.
Yes, Planiac follows strict protocols of security and therefore Planiac is a fully reliable platform to set the user stories and discuss them.
Retrospective from Agilibo has a timer on the screen which constantly reminds the team about how much time is up and how much time is still left for the session to end so that team can manage accordingly.
No, any Retrospective session must take place at the decided time and place.
We don’t have this feature for now. However, we are planning to add this feature in near future.
No, Scrum Events should not be changed for an individual even if that person facilitates the session. It is recommended to keep the event at same time and at same place.
Yes, Planiac gives status of number of items estimated and ones remaining.
You can just type the right number in the text box again and set the estimation. This process would replace the wrong value with the right one.
No it is not advisable, as stakeholders are not needed in the Retrospective sessions.
Planiac enables the team to have multiple rounds of discussions about the items to be taken into a sprint which eventually encourages team to build an effective Sprint Goal.
Yes, we believe sharing is caring and with care team becomes happy.
You can use Planiac for Sprint planning to plan and estimate backlog items, also for Backlog refinement where you can refine product backlog of a specific team.
No, it is highly recommended to limit the duration of Sprint Retrospective session to 45 min for a 1-week sprint.
There will be no room for the team members to take some time for them, analyse themselves and work on personal improvements. This will lead to a frustrated impediment filled team.
No, it is recommended for teams to work on their sprints separately although they can get aligned with each other to make deliverables fast and efficient.
No. It is recommended to conduct scrum meetings separately for each team to get more efficient and varying outcomes which can eventually enhance the delivery and overcome impediments.
No, it is important for everyone to openly discuss their opinions in order to make the Retrospective a valuable one.
Yes, you can create as many Planiac session for as many teams as you wish for.
No, it is mandatory for the Scrum Team to carry out all the Scrum Events.
Yes, Planiac allows you to create as many sessions as you wish with desired duration.
Yes, you can use Planiac to refine Product backlog.
Once you are inside Agilibo, click on the app-switcher and go to Products, inside Product Backlog tab you can see a button called Start a Planiac Session which does not include any sprints.