AgileScores

Free, real-time planning poker

To start a room and plan with your team, choose any room name, give yourself a name, select whether you're a player or observer, and hit "Submit!" Once in you're room, you'll get a room link to share with your team.

AgileScores agile planning poker

Planning poker is a popular collaborative estimation technique used in agile software development, particularly in Scrum. It is a method for teams to estimate the effort required to complete tasks or user stories in a way that encourages participation and consensus. Here's how it works at AgileScores:

  1. Preparation: Each team member is presented with a choice of planning poker buttons. These cards have different numerical values on them, typically following the Fibonacci sequence (e.g., 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13). The sequence is used because it encourages teams to think in terms of increasing levels of effort, rather than linear increments.
  2. Story Presentation: The product owner or another team member presents a user story or task to the team, providing necessary context and details. Discussion: The team discusses the user story to ensure everyone understands the requirements and the complexity of the task.
  3. Estimation: After the discussion, each team member selects a button from their deck representing their estimate of the effort needed to complete the task.
  4. Reveal: Once all team members have made their selection (you'll see hidden selections appear in real-time!), they reveal their cards simultaneously.
  5. Consensus: If all the estimates are similar, the team can agree on a final estimate. If there are wide discrepancies, the team discusses the reasons for the different estimates and re-evaluates. This process continues until the team reaches a consensus.
  6. Repeat: The process is repeated for each user story or task.

Planning poker helps teams collaborate and reach a consensus on estimates, which can improve the accuracy of project planning and scheduling. It also ensures that all team members have a voice in the estimation process.