The DevOps Refinement Tool helps teams plan, estimate, and track work items directly within Azure DevOps. It provides a dashboard, online and offline refinement sessions to streamline sprint planning and collaboration.
Recent updates
Offline mode - Refinement sessions can now be created and used in offline mode, giving users the option to vote and reveal at any time.
Personal queries are no longer an option when creating sessions. Sessions created with personal queries could cause confusion as they are empty for everyone but the owner.
Voting no longer scrolls the page down for everyone.
Several buttons do not show anymore if the user is not the owner, rather than being disabled and visible.
Minor bug fixes and updates.
Roadmap
Team capacity and days off tiles in the dashboard.
Boards.
Better text editor image handling - current devops limitation of field sizes can cause images to be deleted on save if said field was edited.
Features
Dashboard
View team sprint statistics at a glance:
Total number of work items
Items in progress
Remaining work in hours
Work item types breakdown
Item types assigned to each team member
Quickly identify bottlenecks and track progress across the sprint.
Offline Refinement Sessions
Online Refinement Sessions
Choose your preferred voting type
Create sessions based on queries.
Create sessions based on sprints.
Create sessions directly from the backlog.
Join online sessions to estimate work items collaboratively.
Edit and estimate items in real-time with your team.
Keep your estimates organised and transparent for sprint planning.
Supports multiple participants working simultaneously.
Benefits
Streamlines sprint planning and estimation processes.
Provides real-time collaboration for distributed teams.
Helps teams maintain a clear overview of workload and progress.
Reduces manual effort in tracking work item statuses and assignments.
Enhance your Azure DevOps workflow with a centralized view of sprint data and a powerful, collaborative refinement experience.
Note
⚠️ This extension is currently in active development. New features are being added and existing functionality is being improved. Feedback is welcome to help shape future updates.
