Estimation that gets to the number — not the argument
Connect your backlog, import the tickets, and vote simultaneously — no screen sharing, no spreadsheets, no turn-taking. Ibis Flow takes care of everything except the conversation that actually matters.
Estimation shouldn't feel like admin
Most teams waste the first 20 minutes of every grooming session on logistics: sharing screen, reading tickets aloud, recording votes, updating the backlog. And even when that overhead is handled, there's a subtler problem — whoever speaks first anchors the room. Ibis Flow removes both. Simultaneous hidden voting means every estimate is independent. Sessions stay focused on the conversation that actually produces agreement.
Step 1 — Setup
Import your tickets in seconds
Connect Ibis Flow to your backlog once. After that, start a session by selecting a board and picking the tickets to groom — ticket details, descriptions, acceptance criteria, and labels come through automatically. Edit any field directly in Ibis Flow if the ticket needs updating before the session begins.
Import tickets from your backlog in seconds — pick your sprint and go
- Import from any board, sprint, or backlog
- Ticket title, description, and acceptance criteria load automatically
- Edit title, description, or acceptance criteria directly within the session
- Choose your estimation scale: story points, hours, t-shirt sizes, or custom
Step 2 — Vote
Everyone votes at the same time
Team members join and vote at the same time — no turn-taking, no watching what everyone else picked first. Votes are hidden until the host reveals them, so every number reflects what that person actually thinks.
Live voting — every participant votes simultaneously, with no anchoring bias
- Live presence — see who's connected and who has voted
- Optional countdown timer to keep sessions moving
- Works on desktop and mobile — any browser, no install
- Confidence levels — participants flag how sure they are
AI Briefings
Context before the first vote
Before the first vote, every team member sees the same briefing: what the ticket is actually asking for, what the risks look like, what similar work has taken before. Same context, same starting point. No one is estimating the ticket they imagined — everyone is estimating the same one.
AI briefings give the team shared context before a single vote is cast
- AI-generated ticket briefing from description and comments
- Risk signals and complexity drivers flagged automatically
- Discussion points to spark the right conversation
Step 3 — Finalise
Reveal, discuss, and sync
When the host reveals votes, the full picture appears at once — a spread of 1, 5, 13, and 21 tells a very different story than five matching fives. Outlier tickets are the interesting ones. When the conversation lands on a number, the host sets the estimate and syncs it back with one click.
Reveal shows the full distribution — high variance surfaces disagreement instantly
- Full vote distribution visible on reveal
- Host sets the final estimate — no automatic averaging
- Estimates pushed back to your backlog automatically
- Reactions and discussion summaries synced to your tickets — all context stays in one place
- No manual ticket updates — ever
During the Session
React, comment, and keep context
Team members react and comment throughout the session. When estimates sync back to your backlog, the full context goes with them — not just the number, but the conversation that produced it.
- Live reactions and comments during voting
- Discussion summary synced with the estimate
- Decision rationale preserved — always auditable
What's next
Now decide what to build first
Estimation tells you how big the work is. Prioritisation tells you which of it is worth building. Carry your sized backlog straight into a prioritisation session — stakeholders contribute, you decide, everyone sees why.
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