Lean from the Trenches

Estimating with Planning Poker

Now imagine that each team member is holding the following cards. (Our Planning Poker cards actually use numbers: 1 to symbolize Small, 2 to symbolize Medium, and 3 to symbolize Large.)

Let’s redo the estimate. The product owner says....

Once again, the team starts thinking about how big the feature is.

This time nobody blurts anything out. Instead, they all have to present a card, face down, that represents their ...