Collaboration Poker is a group-based discussion technique to discuss and define collaboration modes between two teams. Team A is responsible to deliver an application or product. Team C is responsible for a service or component change that then needs to be integrated in to the application. The game finds an agreed collaboration mode between the teams A and C.
But why „group-based“?
The anchor phenomenom makes it difficult to get real, individual assessments in group-based discussions. The anchor problem means, that the assessments by all discussion participants are subconsciously biased to the assessment of the first one, who initially explains his opinion (anchor). To avoid this effect, everybody has to make his individual decission secretly before sharing it with the other group members. This is exactly what planning poker cards are for.
Just follow these simple and clear steps to successfully play Collaboration Poker. It is best to stick strictly to it at the beginning and only change things if you really understand the system.
Recommendation: Set a timebox for each topic (e.g. 5 minutes). When the time runs out, you can decide with the team to invest another 5 minutes or to continue.
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