Parabol

"Parabol"

What do you like best about Parabol? Helpful for distributed / remotely operating teams. Super helpful and insightful tools to run effective meetings What do you dislike about Parabol? So far I have been happy with Parabol, no real complaints. I will note, I am not using it as an agile developer What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? I like the suggestions for meeting kickoffs I like the blog posts--helps me continually think about how I am running meetings for a ...

"Very solid tool & experience"

What do you like best about Parabol? We have been using Parabol for retro & pokering meetings for over two years now in different projects. Everyone who has worked with the tool always comments on the ease of use, the smooth user experience and the way it enables interaction within the team. What do you dislike about Parabol? So far, we haven't found any downsides to using Parabol. What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? We started using Parabol as a retrospective ...

"Great tool for Retrospectives"

What do you like best about Parabol? Great UX - super clear. Process intuitive, with a fun element, easy to implement with the team. We use it as part of our scum ceremonies on frequent base Allow teams to have open and not biased dialog What do you dislike about Parabol? actually pretty happy with the tool, might be manage email notification not only on personal but also on team/org level will be useful What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? Great friendly tool, ...

"Parabol makes organizing meetings and making decisions easy"

What do you like best about Parabol? There are endless meeting formats to leverage which unique outcomes. It really helps consolidate feedback and decisions among teams. What do you dislike about Parabol? Nothing really - Its really helpful daily in our team What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? We use Parabol primarily for backlog refinement and retro meetings. It helps get the team aligned on estimations and provides a great format for retrospectives.

"Parabol is the best way to handle Agile ceremonies remotely"

What do you like best about Parabol? It is simple yet powerful to hold Agile ceremonies remotely, keep track of the discussion and action items What do you dislike about Parabol? A small improvement would be to have a way for Parabol to include chat conversations in the summary of the retrospectives What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? Holding Agile ceremonies such as retrospective or poker planning

"It's a great tool for our Team Retro's, make it easy and straightforward"

What do you like best about Parabol? The process itself, it helps us bonding and figuring out problems with ease. What do you dislike about Parabol? Nothing in particular, i really enjoy everything about it so far. i might start using for different meetings too. What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? Doing Retro's, great tool for us

"Perfect, Simple Tool for a Complicated Task"

What do you like best about Parabol? This product allows teams to get on the same page in a very quick manner. As a UX Designer, I am not always sure how complex it will be to develop my designs. Parabol allows our entire team to come together and have a shared understanding of each ticket and the amount of work it'll take to get it done. I feel this tool has created a stronger connection between UX and the Development Team. We are able to speak the same language and there's been a lot less ...

"A Simple Solution To Having An Organized And Efficient Scrum Ceremony."

What do you like best about Parabol? The UI is simple and easy to use. The icebreakers start you off with a little chuckle, while the presets help you focus on the discussions happening during the meeting. What do you dislike about Parabol? The limited amount of free presets for Retro. Also, the Jira integration when sprint planning doesn't alwys work and we have to manually set the story points instead of doing it through the Parabol UI. What problems is Parabol solving and how is that ...

"Great product!"

What do you like best about Parabol? Parabol is a great product. It's intuiative and easy to use. The ability to group feedback and then comment is amazing. I especially love the notes sent out after the fact. It really reduces the administrative time in running sprint ceremonies. What do you dislike about Parabol? Make the card size variable to the amount of text. Sometimes the text box is not big enough and scrolling is a bit clunky. What problems is Parabol solving and how is that ...

"Want to support team health? Start with coherent retrospectives"

What do you like best about Parabol? I discovered Parabol through the responsive.org community, and the depth of knowledge about self-organization and team processes shines through. What do you dislike about Parabol? I would like Parabol to intetgrate with - or maybe one day replace - Asana for our software team. What problems is Parabol solving and how is that benefiting you? Parabol makes our team retros easy, and supports team health in a way that really aligns and informs our ...