Thursday, November 29, 2007

Planning Poker Cards Prototype Deck

Finally.... I have finished a full suit of Thirsty Bear Software Planning Poker cards:



OK, it's still a prototype built from laminated pouches, inkjet printouts and a lot of patience, but they make a huge difference to the flow of a Planning Game. Even using a small subset (0, 1, 2, 3 and '?') has a significant impact by removing the "follow the leader" behaviour that conventional planning encourages.

Now to find a printer that can supply a small run as "real" playing cards.....

2 comments:

Ben Turner said...

Chris,

Just started looking at this style of planning in our company, and wondered if you ever found a "professional solution" for producing planning poker cards ?

The only sets I see are from the US (high shipping) and I'm convinced I can find a bunch of "cards with numbers" for a reasonable price in the UK !

Cheers,
Ben

Chris said...

Unfortunately this is still 'pending', but I intend to get decks out there within a month or so after a rebranding exercise.

Watch this space!