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Planning poker guides

Short, practical guides to estimating with your team.

• How to run planning poker

  A step-by-step guide for facilitators: preparation, the voting loop, handling disagreement and keeping the pace.

• Story points and card decks

  Fibonacci, modified Fibonacci, T-shirt sizes or powers of two: what each deck is for and how to choose.

• When estimates disagree

  What a wide spread is telling you, who should talk first, and how to reach an estimate the team believes.

• Estimate vs actual

  How to check whether your story points hold up, without turning estimates into deadlines.

New to the idea? Start with what planning poker is.