Guides

Planning poker, short and useful.

Short, practical reads on planning poker, story point estimation, and the ceremonies around them. Written for teams that want to estimate faster.

What is planning poker?

The consensus estimation technique, why simultaneous reveal matters, and how a session usually runs.

Relative effort beats hour estimates. How to calibrate, and the anti-patterns that turn points toxic.

Two common decks, when each wins, and how to transition between them without breaking velocity.

What breaks when you move the ceremony to video, and the async-friendly variants that do work.

The 45-minute weekly ritual where stories get ready for a sprint. Planning poker fits inside.