How to use story points
Learn how relative estimates can reflect complexity, uncertainty, and effort without converting cards into hours or comparing individual productivity.
Planning poker guides for practical team estimates
These short guides help a team run a useful estimation conversation without turning it into a test of speed or confidence. Refinement Pointer lets a group create a room, share the link, vote privately, reveal together, and reset for the next item.
You do not need an account to start. Choose a Fibonacci or T-shirt-size deck, enter a display name in the creation dialog, and the room creator joins as Organizer. The Organizer can manage the room, and teams can use the shared reveal and reset controls while they work.
Start with the question your team needs to answer
How to run backlog refinement with planning poker
Use a lightweight agenda to clarify a work item, reveal estimates, discuss meaningful outliers, and decide whether to revote or split the work.
Keep the session focused
Planning poker works best when people bring the relevant context and use the cards to expose different assumptions. A revealed spread is a prompt for conversation; it does not force the team to produce a single "correct" number.