Estimation
Planning Poker
A collaborative estimation method where participants choose estimates privately, reveal them together, and discuss differences before agreeing on a value.
What makes planning poker useful
Planning poker is valuable because it reduces anchoring. People commit to an estimate independently before the group sees the spread, which creates a better conversation around disagreement.
The method is usually most useful when the discussion stays focused on the assumptions behind the highest and lowest votes.
Typical flow
- Read or clarify the work item
- Vote privately
- Reveal together
- Discuss disagreement
- Revote or decide
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Story Points
Estimation
A relative estimation unit teams use to express the size of work by combining effort, complexity, uncertainty, and risk rather than counting hours directly.
Open definition
Sprint Planning
Ceremonies
The session where a team decides what it will try to deliver in the sprint and how that work fits the sprint goal and available capacity.
Open definition