Estimations Plugin for Microsoft Planner

Estimations Plugin for Microsoft Planner

This extension sums up numbers given in the title of Microsoft Planner cards

What is Estimations Plugin for Microsoft Planner?
Estimations Plugin for Microsoft Planner is a Chrome extension that adds a valuable estimation function to your Planner tasks. You provide each task or card an initial and remaining estimation encased in round and square brackets respectively. This function then calculates all original and remaining estimations in a column, displaying the sum as a part of the column's title, speeding the process of organization and time management.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.13 (16)
Version: 1.65 (Last updated: 2022-10-22)
Creation date: 2020-04-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 27.37K
URLs: Website
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Summary

This is a plugin for Microsoft Planner which allows you to organize tasks as cards in multiple columns.

GOAL This plugin will extend the functionality of Planner by estimations. For each card, you can set an original estimation and a remaining estimation. Typically, the original estimation is given at the time when you create a new card. Only when you start working on a card, you will update the remaining estimation. E.g., imagine you create a card labelled "Prepare dinner", and you estimate the effort with "3" hours. This would be your original estimation. Now, if you start working on that card, and you take a break after "1" hour, you would update the remaining estimation with "2" hours.

HOW DOES IT WORK? The original estimation will be given as number in round brackets as part of the card's label, while the remaining estimation will be given as number in square brackets. E.g., you would write "(3) Prepare Dinner [5]".

The plugin sums up all original (remaining) estimations for all cards of a column, and displays the sum as part of the column's title.

User reviews
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Pros
  • Easy to balance work assignments
  • Makes MS Planner usable
  • Helps to track estimated value of opportunities
  • Better view of team member workload
  • Flexible and intelligent
Cons
  • Stopped working suddenly on various platforms
  • Might need more features like Scrum from Trello
  • Not functional for some users
Most mentioned
  • Useful for Microsoft Planner
  • Stopped working for some users
  • Enhances workload visibility
Recent reviews
I can't get it to work - has it been discontinued or is there an error?
by Anna-Lisa Robertson Anna-Lisa Robertson, 2023-08-25

The plug in stopped working, please fix the issue. Thanks!
by Ieva Puodžiūtė Ieva Puodžiūtė, 2022-10-14

Works!
by Alex Rees Alex Rees, 2022-02-09
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Safety
Risk impact

Estimations Plugin for Microsoft Planner is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Estimations Plugin for Microsoft Planner has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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