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So how are teams who say Smart Guess is the “most efficient tool in Jira” running refinement meetings?

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Users who, in their reviews (read the reviews), say:

"After trying many estimation tools in Jira, we landed on Smart Guess.
It's the most efficient and the best ❤️ app we've used"

Here is how customers are running their refinement meetings. First is a high-level description, then a more detailed, step by step version follows.

How teams use Smart Guess to run their refinement meetings (high-level)

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They use:

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1. Jira Backlog to organize what stories to discuss and quickly move from one story to the next.

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2. Jira Backlog - Issue Panel to access story information and to note decisions made.

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3. Planning Poker by Smart Guess to estimate stories with one click.

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Have all realized that with Smart Guess, they stop wasting time on unnecessary things and get more done by running their refinement meetings like this:

1. Run your refinement like this

1. Prepare your backlog

in Jira as you usually do

	In Jira
Before refinement: Make stories “Ready for planning” that will end up in your sprint. Order the stories in your backlog in line with

your

story priority

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During your refinement meeting Open your refinement meeting. Ask your team to open the backlog

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/ first story you want to refine	Image Added
2. Discuss the story, give an Estimate and

Share

Show	In Smart Guess
Open the Jira

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issue panel (shown in a red box → ) By selecting the first story in your backlog Discuss the story with your team Once you are ready to estimate

, click a story point card

Give a one-click Estimate Once everyone has given an estimate Show the estimates click “Show estimates.” button

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3. Decide and save the story point value	In Smart Guess
Discuss the high and low card values Re-estimate if needed click “Re-estimate” Save the story point estimate click “Set story points to X.”	Image Modified
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When there are more stories to refine, go to #2

Discuss the next story
When I (the team lead) open the next story during refinement I want my team to open the same story I just opened So that my team can easily follow the story under discussion see all the relevant info we have gathered	Image Added

2. How do you share the next story up for discussion?

See how Smart Guess easily meets all your needs https://smartguess.is/blog/smartguess-role-based-controls-observing-leading-sharing/

In short, two steps:

Open “Your settings”	Image Added
Select the “Sharing” option:	Image Added
The “Sharing” option allows team leads to automatically share a link to the next story up for discussion: See the image to the right → Given certain conditions, learn more	Image Added

3. So what - why is this important?

One-click Planning Poker run from the Jira backlog, compared to traditional tools, means:

1. No setup

2. No session is needed

3. No stories to pick out for the session

4. No extra screens to navigate to

5. No inviting the team

6. No session link-sharing

7. No naming the planning session

8. No complexity in saving the estimates

Just Intuitive, Lightweight, One-Click Planning Poker.

Try Smart Guess, and you will understand why users ❤️ running their refinement meetings using Smart Guess.

4. Why are teams moving from free Planning Poker tools to Smart Guess?