Planning poker that keeps every estimate honest
Estimate stories with hidden votes, auto-reveal, agreement scores and up to four dimensions per story. Free, in the browser, with nothing to install.
Planning poker works because nobody hears anyone else's number before choosing their own. The moment estimates leak early, the first number anchors the rest. Sprint poker in Scrums is built so that can't happen. Why planning poker works
How it works
- Add the stories. Add them one at a time, with optional details and a link to the ticket, or paste a whole list, one per line. Anyone on the team can add stories and drag them into order.
- Everyone plays a card. Each player holds the deck as a fan of cards and plays one with a click, a tap, the number keys or the arrow keys. Everyone can see who has voted, but only their own card: our server doesn't send anyone's card to anyone else until the reveal.
- Reveal. The facilitator turns the cards over, or Auto-reveal does it the moment everyone has played. Votes are grouped by card, with the spread, the average, the median and an agreement score.
- Settle it. Record the final estimate by clicking a card's row or typing a value (the likely one is suggested), or call a Re-vote when the team is split, then move to the next story.
- Summary. Final estimates for every story, totals, the spread of votes, and a Markdown or CSV export.
More than one number
Size isn't the only thing worth estimating. Each story can be estimated on up to four dimensions, each with its own deck, such as story points and risk. Everyone follows the facilitator's tab, and can look at another meanwhile.
Decks
Fibonacci, Modified Fibonacci, T-shirt sizes and Powers of 2 are built in, or make a custom deck of up to 16 cards. Every deck has ? for "I can't estimate this yet" and a coffee cup for "we need a break". How to pick a deck
For the whole room
Spectators choose I'm not voting, so they don't hold up the reveal. After the reveal, anyone can change their card and everyone sees it. And the call is inside the session, with screen sharing, for remote teams.
Play a round in your browser with a sample team, no account needed, or sign up free.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes, with every feature included and no limit on sessions or players.
Do players need an account?
Everyone in a session signs in, which takes a minute with an email address or a Google account. The demo needs no account at all.
Can we estimate risk as well as size?
Yes. Each story can be estimated on up to four dimensions, each with its own deck. Most teams use one, and add a second, such as risk or complexity, when the conversation keeps coming back to it.