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Planning poker

30 minutes 13 slides, 8 liveFree Free template

Phones become estimate cards: everyone votes at once, the spread shows on screen, and the highest and lowest explain before a re-vote.

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Planning poker

Estimate together. Vote at once. Talk about the spread.

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In short

Planning poker is an estimation technique where everyone picks a story point card at the same time, then the highest and lowest explain before a re-vote. This pack turns phones into cards, with six estimate rounds on a Fibonacci scale, a reference story, a fist-of-five confidence check and a word cloud.
Time
30 minutes
Rounds
6 stories, 1 to 13+
People
3 to 12
Plan
Free

Updated October 4, 2026

The questions

  1. 1Planning poker
  2. 2How a round works
  3. 3What a story point means
  4. 4Reference story: 'As a user, I can reset my password by email.' How big is it?1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 or more live
  5. 5'As an admin, I can export the user list to CSV.'1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 or more live
  6. 6'As a customer, I can pay with a saved card.'1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 or more live
  7. 7Wide spread? Highest and lowest: one minute each. Then vote again.
  8. 8'As a user, I see a friendly message when the service is down.'1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 or more live
  9. 9'As a team lead, I can invite people with a link.'1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 or more live
  10. 10'As a user, I can switch the app to dark mode.'1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 or more live
  11. 11Fist of five: how confident are we in this sprint's plan? live
  12. 12What made estimating hard today? live
  13. 13Estimates done

How to run it

  1. 1Replace the sample stories with the top of your backlog before the meeting. Keep the reference story so everyone shares a baseline.
  2. 2Read the story, take questions for the product owner, then everyone votes on their phone at the same time.
  3. 3If the votes spread wide, the highest and lowest estimators explain their thinking for a minute each. Then vote again.
  4. 4Anything at 13 or more is too big for one sprint. Split it and estimate the parts.
  5. 5Stop after about 30 minutes. Estimation gets worse when people are tired.

Questions people ask

How does planning poker work?
The product owner reads a story, the team asks questions, and everyone reveals an estimate at the same time. If the numbers differ a lot, the highest and lowest explain, and the team votes again.
What are story points?
A relative measure of the effort, complexity and uncertainty in a piece of work, compared with a reference story. They aren't hours.
Can you play planning poker online?
Yes. Share the presentation in your video call. Everyone joins on their phone and votes, and the spread appears on screen for the team to discuss.

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  • Results, decisions and actions in the summary
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