Changelog

Apr 7, 2024

We are introducing multiple improvements to the app.

New features:

• Bulk edit: “Select” an issue from the context menu, select more issues from the board, and move or delete the issues from the context menu.

• General and Personal progress indicators has been added to Async game Dasbboard.

• Flagged issues support.

Improvements:

• Observers are now supported in Async games.

• Priority added to the issue cards.

• Automatic update of issue details for all the active participants in case of updates from inside the app.

• Improved tips for starting the game.

Oct 1, 2023

1.4.8

Introducing a time-saving update: our built-in queries history now stores your last 10 JQL presets, eliminating the need for note-taking and copy-pasting. Plus, the JQL input field is now multiline, allowing effortless creation of more complex queries. We've also made it simpler to revert changes when selecting your backlog scope.

Aug 27, 2023

1.4.7

Magic Estimations is going dark! 🌚 Following in the footsteps of Atlassian Jira, we've embraced the sleek and stylish Dark Mode trend to enhance your user experience.
Another notable enhancement is the refined board horizontal scrolling. We heard your feedback, and we've made sure that scrolling through your boards is now more seamless and intuitive.

Jun 18, 2023

1.4.6

Not only have we allowed game moderators to add issues to all stages of Async game, but we also enabled all participants to suggest adding new issues to the game backlog.

Jun 4, 2023

1.4.6

From now on, the moderator role can be automatically assigned to an online participant in case session moderator is offline. Session owner can revoke the moderator's role upon reconnection. All existing sessions will get the Auto-assign moderators setting enabled by default.

Apr 16, 2023

1.4.5

Issue context menu provides a convenient way of issue navigation for moderators and players: move to lane, start voting, remove from the board, and copy issue (link, summary, key) actions are available.
New Board navigation controls help with the horizontal scrolling of the estimation boards.

Feb 5, 2023

1.4.4

• Session creators can save default session settings.

• Completely remastered API: turn-based games work faster now.

• Reorder backlog by multiple fields (also works at personal async boards).

• Starring sessions in the session list for quick access.

• Game flow improvements (e.g. deleting async sessions).

Jan 31, 2023

1.4.3

Monetisation model update: the app has become paid and monetised through Atlassian.

Dec 5, 2022

1.3.6

In this version, we introduce Planning Poker mode for remote teams - Async Poker, that consists of 3 main steps:

1. A moderator creates a game, selects issues and prepares the estimation board (pins reference issues, distributes already estimated ones).

2. The game moderator starts the asynchronous estimation, where every participant estimates issues separately on their own Magic Estimations boards.

3. A Planning Poker game with pre-populated votes from the participants' async estimates. The game moderator can finalize estimates based on async results or interactively re-estimate some issues.

We also introduce the Chat tab for in-game communication, especially for Async Poker.

Sep 25, 2022

1.3.5

Delete drop area is back, this time in a convenient place at the bottom of the backlog.

Pinned reference issues can now be avoided while saving estimates by using an appropriate feature from the saving dialog.

Sep 12, 2022

1.3.4

Board panel has been added to all game types with session estimation progress, total estimates (sum of all estimates), and the average estimate for Poker voting. Board controls have been moved to the new panel. And from now on, Board and Participants panels can be locked to be displayed all the time. 

Additionally, in this version we improved players' layout to maximize the number of displayed avatars, added persisting game settings for Epic labels, locked/unlock panel state, and sound switcher. 

Aug 7, 2022

1.3.3

The new feature allows editing the list of Estimation value presets and defining the default one. Presets might be edited by Jira admins, they are saved globally, but separately for each custom field type: numeric, time, or text fields.

Jul 24, 2022

1.3.2

Voting timeout (timer) feature is now available for Poker sessions. Activate it in session settings in order to timebox voting process. When the countdown stops, voting results are revealed automatically.

Jul 18, 2022

1.3.1

The update allows Jira users with Admin permissions to delete games created by any user.

Jul 11, 2022

1.3.0

1. Global permissions have been added to define user groups that can use the app.

2. In case of opening Magic Estimations from a project page, the Default JQL will be used to filter out unestimated issues of the project.

3. We have reduced app’s scope to “Read data from the host application” only, removing unused Admin, Project_admin and Delete scopes.

Jul 3, 2022

1.2.8

• Starting from this version you and your team can use Priority as the “estimation field” on the Magic Estimations board to align your priorities. Select the field in session configuration and the app will suggest available priority values.

• With the help of the Clone session feature, you can reuse the current session’s settings, backlog, and board state to create a new one. The person cloning the session will be assigned as a moderator of the new session.

Jun 5, 2022

1.2.7

From now on, there is a possibility to quickly add issues to the backlog by searching through issues by key, summary, or description. You can also create a brand new issue and add it to the backlog automatically.

May 23, 2022

1.2.6

New estimation board UI provides numerous improvements to user management, game controls, personal settings, and board navigation. For example, sound and participant role controls are moved to the right panel, participants can see who has already voted during Poker game, moderators can change participants order during Classic Magic Estimation game.

Apr 23, 2022

1.2.5

1. Emoji support for Lane values. Use any emoji using label construct like "😉=13".

2. Coffee and "?" cards added to values presets. Labels with empty value are allowed now.

3. The app respects Jira global time tracking settings now (i.e. 1d = 6h or 1w = 4d).

4. New home screen filters added for easier session navigation.

5. Change moderator and Kick player options have been added to User management

Mar 28, 2022

1.2.4

JQL autocomplete assists game moderators with filtering issues that are added to the game. The feature suggests available operators and expressions, checks JQL's correctness, and automatically applies correct queries.

Jan 30, 2022

1.2.3

Planning Poker-style estimation has been added to the app. Select Poker mode while creating a game, choose an issue for voting, and together with your team provide personal votes for lanes (estimation values) for engaging non-biased estimation. More details

Dec 28, 2021

1.2.2

Issue cards on Magic Estimations board received several new highlight options:

• Manual highlights. Any participant can highlight any card on the board to bring attention of the others. For the session moderator, the highlight option replaces Pin issue one when Option/Alt is pressed

• Lane change marker. Participants can see how many times an issue has changed its position on the board. Issues moved more times are highlighted more intensively, consider discussing their positions.

• “Moved by” marker. Participants can see who placed an issue to the current position by hovering over the Lane change marker. If it’s missing, the issue has been moved by the session moderator during the game pause.

Nov 12, 2021

1.2.1

Issue cards on Magic Estimations board and backlog selector have been enhanced with Epic indicators.

Oct 23, 2021

1.2.0

Fallback connection feature enables users working under VPN or firewall to operate with the app. It can be configured from Manage apps → Magic Estimations → Configuration.

Sep 20, 2021

1.1.9

In case some estimates are not saved, the app provides detailed instructions on fixing the cause of the problem.

Aug 23, 2021

1.1.8

Bugfixes and backend improvements

Aug 19, 2021

1.1.7

Easily start a new session or add tickets to an existing one from Filters or Advance issue search. Available entry points for Magic Estimations:

• Apps → Magic Estimations

• Filters → Filter → Open in Magic Estimations

• Filters → Advanced issue search (Issue search) → Open in Magic Estimations

Aug 6, 2021

1.1.6

Select one of the presets of estimation values: Classic Fibonacci, Agile Fibonacci, T-Shirt sizes or Small/Medium/Large. Easily modify the preset values to fit your team’s needs.

Aug 6, 2021

The latest feature allows displaying custom labels instead of estimation values in Fixed Lanes headers. In session settings, use “LABEL=VALUE” format, for example, “XXL=13” to show the label on the board, but to save the value in a proper numeric custom field.

The feature unlocks using T-Shirt sizes estimates in Magic Estimations.

Jul 29, 2021

1.15

From now on, session moderators can pin one issue in each lane to serve as a reference. To do so, point the cursor on a card from the board and click on the pin icon.

Jul 29, 2021

The pin option has also been added to the Distribute issues feature, which distributes already estimated issues from backlog to the appropriate lanes. Click on the Distribute option from board actions and activate the "Automatically pin issues to the top of the lanes" option.

The Distribute button has been added as a primary action for a moderator when he/she joins a fresh session.

Jul 29, 2021

Magic Estimation game might have no time and number of moves per turn limits.

Jul 29, 2021

Moderators can pass turns and switch participants between Players and Spectators groups through a new Manage participants tab. Click on the Participants icon next to the avatars group to get to the User management.

Jul 29, 2021

While saving estimates activate the "Add a comment" option from Advances section to populate estimation details to issues' comments

Jul 29, 2021

Now you can estimate up to 300 issues in one session. Backlog management has been refined, the pagination has been added.

Jun 15, 2021

1.14

Estimate both standard Jira estimation fields (Story Points, Story point estimates, Original estimate, Remaining estimate) and any custom numeric field

Jun 15, 2021

Magic Estimation collaborative game is now available! The game allows participants submitting personal estimates in turns and detecting Product Backlog Items that need more discussion for qiuck estimation. Click here for more details

Jun 15, 2021

Create multiple running sessions, share them with colleagues, conveniently detect and join estimation sessions, manage existing sessions with the latest Session management feature.

Jun 15, 2021

Collaborate with your colleagues on one Magic Estimations board to maximize estimation efficiency.

Jun 15, 2021

Distribute already estimated issues through the Fixed Lanes in one click. The feature is helpful for cases when you want to have reference issues for the lanes or you’d like to proceed with estimations in a new session.

May 17, 2021

1.13

Stay informed about the progress of session creation in case of a slow Internet connection.

Apr 5, 2021

1.12

Observe and edit issue details inside Magic Estimations sessions in a native Jira board way. Click on an issue card to open the issue dialog that supports all fields and edit actions configured in your Jira instance.

Mar 10, 2021

1.11

Since 1.11 Magic Estimations support estimates with the decimal part so you can start your estimations from 0.5 Story Points.

Feb 18, 2021

1.10

Backlog filtering layout now supports up to 100 issues in the list. In case of a bigger number of filtered issues, the search must be specified.

Dec 22, 2020

1.9

Corner cases with missing Priority fields from the issue layout were fixed.

Dec 18, 2020

1.6-1.8

Dec 2, 2020

1.4-1.5

Summary

A major update containing deep backend rework for improving app stability

Details

The update introduces a new way of storing estimation sessions, improves the app’s stability and recoverability, presents anonymized stats gathering and a way to manage it, fixes several minor bugs.

Nov 7, 2020