Planning-poker team voting — remote or in person — surfaces hidden disagreements and builds buy-in. Here's how to run the workshop and use response variability.
Why assess as a team
An individual assessment gives one point of view; a team workshop reveals perception gaps, often more instructive than the score itself. A moderate consensus on a practice is a signal worth exploring.
Preparing the workshop
- Bring together 5 to 8 participants — in the office, remote or hybrid
- Share a unique link — no sign-up required
- Frame each capability with its definition and stage criteria
Vote blind, then reveal
Planning-poker style, everyone votes blind before votes are revealed simultaneously — to avoid anchoring on the first opinion voiced. MaturaScore then shows the distribution, the average score and the consensus level. Where dispersion is high, take the time to discuss it: it often signals a practice applied unevenly across teams. The workshop works just as well over video as in a room, which keeps it viable for hybrid teams.
Closing on a shared plan
At the end of the workshop, the visual read-out and the AI-assisted improvement plan give a common, already-prioritised starting point that the team owns immediately.