Planning poker, also called Scrum poker, is a gamified technique for estimating tasks, mostly used by agile development teams.
The game consists of repeating these steps for each task that the team wants to estimate:
0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 100
Each player is given the same number of cards with the same values. The objective is to vote on how much effort a particular development task will require.
The Product Owner or Scrum Master presents a story to the group.
This is where team members discuss the important aspects of the task and ask questions.
Each team member then chooses a card from their deck to represent their estimate. Once everyone has made their decision, all cards are revealed. The higher the number, the more complex the task.
If all members reveal the same card, that number becomes the consensus – and the team can move on to the next story. If card values differ, the team discusses why individual values were chosen and votes again. This process is repeated until a consensus is reached.