Planning poker is a collaborative story-point estimation technique. Team members independently choose numbered cards for a task, reveal their estimates, discuss differences, and work toward a consensus estimate. section 7.2.2
Use planning poker when the team needs to compare effort rather than predict exact duration:
- Estimate complexity, uncertainty, and risk through relative story points. section 7.2.2
- Discuss differing estimates because team members may understand the required effort differently. section 7.2.2
- Choose it alongside alternatives such as T-shirt sizing or the Fibonacci sequence, depending on team fit. section 7.2.2
Search-feature estimates
A search feature can be divided into tasks such as creating an empty page framework, displaying filters, displaying results, implementing standard search, and implementing search filters; these receive progressively larger story-point estimates as effort increases.
