Parabol provides structure to agile meetings, helping teams to have more focused discussions and capture takeaway tasks directly in their preferred backlog management tools. It offers a range of ready-to-use templates for various meeting types, including Retrospectives, Estimation Meetings, and Daily Standups, allowing teams to run engaging and productive meetings. The tool also allows for customization, enabling teams to tailor meetings to their specific needs with features like icebreakers, pulse checks, and anonymous retrospectives. By integrating with tools like Jira and GitHub, Parabol streamlines the workflow by seamlessly syncing tasks created during meetings, reducing the effort required for post-meeting task logging. Parabol aims to minimize meeting preparation and follow-up time, allowing teams to focus on collaboration and achieving more during their meetings.

Features & Benefits

• Ready-to-Use Templates
  • Provides over 50 pre-built templates for various agile meeting types.
• Customizable Meetings
  • Allows tailoring meetings with icebreakers, pulse checks, and anonymous retrospectives.
• Integrated Task Management
  • Captures takeaway tasks and syncs them with Jira and GitHub.
• Facilitated Discussions
  • Helps teams have more focused discussions.
• Digital Boards and Cards
  • Provides digital Kanban boards, sticky notes, and Planning Poker™ cards for structured online collaboration.
• Templates
  • Offers 40+ popular formats for retrospectives and estimation meetings, with customization options.
• Multiplayer Participation
  • Enables team involvement with drag-and-drop cards, live task editing, dynamic Agenda Items, emoji reactions, and discussion threads.
• Automated Meeting Summaries
  • Generates automatic summaries to eliminate note-taking and facilitate quick catch-ups.
• Timers
  • Keeps conversations on track with built-in timers for discussion topics and feedback deadlines.
• Discussion Threads
  • Allows comments, replies, and emoji reactions within meetings for detailed insights and suggestions.
• Takeaway Tasks
  • Creates tasks during discussions and syncs them with tools like GitHub and Jira.
• Facilitated Icebreakers (Optional)
  • Includes icebreaker questions to foster team connections and psychological safety.
• Team Health Check
  • Runs polls to gauge team mood anonymously and set the stage for meetings.
• Anonymity
  • Encourages open contributions with anonymous retro reflections and discussion threads.
• Integrate with Tools You Already Use
  • Syncs tasks to GitHub and Jira, and integrates with Slack and Mattermost for notifications.
• Enterprise-ready Security
  • Offers open-source code, SAML Single Sign-On, and public or on-prem hosting options.