Agile estimation poker built for improved sprint planning

Run seamless agile estimation sessions with your distributed team. Story-by-story facilitation flow with real-time collaboration and consensus building.

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TeamRetro team estimation session with backlog items and story points

Align fast with clearer estimates

Say goodbye to manual calculations and messy tallies. TeamRetro’s agile estimation helps teams find common ground—fast.

Create alignment

Get everyone on the same page before work starts – with structured rounds and reveals.

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Build delivery confidence

Turn “I think” into shared clarity—so your plan matches reality more often.

Reduce uncertainty

Surface assumptions, risks, and unknowns early—so you avoid surprises mid-sprint.

Start estimating and agile planning in minutes

Transform your sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions with guided facilitation, anonymous estimates and easy team engagement.

Create a clean, focused list easily

Pull items from retros, health checks, or your backlog—or import straight from TeamRetro, Jira, Azure, GitHub, or Linear—and keep everything in sync with your source of truth.

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TeamRetro invite screen for a collaborative Estimation Poker session

Invite your team into a safe, secure space

Bring everyone into the same agile estimation flow—instantly.
Everyone sees the same estimation items in real-time. Flexible anonymity options let you build safety or accountability.

Discuss each item to gain more data

Ensure everyone understands the requirements, scope, and acceptance criteria. 
Run polls, give kudos and use live reactions for real-time feedback. Keep discussions focused by parking items or creating follow-up actions and team agreements.

TeamRetro Agile Poker screen to discuss estimation items
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Estimate privately – free from bias

Cards remain hidden until everyone is done to prevent anchoring bias. Choose from a library of estimation decks that fit your team’s style or life cycle.

Reveal results and agree on a final score

View all estimates at once to spot alignment or gaps across the team. Surface risks, clarify requirements, and uncover assumptions—then re-vote to reach consensus and lock in the final story points together.

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TeamRetro estimation results screen with sync to workflows options

Share results and sync with workflow tools

Get a complete summary of final estimates for sprint planning and backlog prioritisation. Sync estimates to Jira, Linear, GitHub, and your project tools, and export meeting notes to Confluence, Slack, and more—so everyone stays aligned.

Engage more with the team

Throw in an icebreaker to kick things off, a check out question to get feedback on delivery confidence, or run quick polls.

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Choose from 6 estimation decks

Select the card deck that fits your team’s estimation style, approaches and preferences.

Scrum

Colorful scrum poker cards for online agile estimation in TeamRetro

The classic Scrum deck with story points including half values, perfect for standard agile estimation.

Fibonacci

Colorful Fibonacci planning poker cards for agile estimation in TeamRetro

Based on the Fibonacci sequence, ideal for highlighting the uncertainty in larger estimates.

Sequential

Sequential planning poker cards for agile story estimation

Simple sequential numbers for teams who prefer straightforward linear estimation.

Half card

Half-value planning poker cards for agile sprint estimation

Granular half-point increments for teams that need more precision in their estimates.

Power of two

Power of two planning poker cards for agile story estimation in TeamRetro

Exponential growth pattern, great for technical teams estimating complexity and effort.

T-shirt sizes

Colorful t-shirt size planning poker cards for agile teams

Relative sizing with familiar clothing sizes, perfect for high-level backlog estimation.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about agile estimation poker.

Agile estimation poker—also known as planning poker—is a consensus-based agile estimation technique used by scrum and agile teams to estimate story points, effort, or relative size of development work. Team members vote privately using cards, then reveal their estimates simultaneously to reduce bias and encourage meaningful discussion.

When estimates are hidden until everyone is done, team members make independent judgments without being influenced by others’ opinions. This prevents anchoring bias where people tend to gravitate toward the first number mentioned, leading to more accurate and unbiased estimates.

The fibonacci sequence is most popular as it reflects increasing uncertainty in larger estimates. Scrum deck adds half-values for granularity. T-shirt sizes work well for high-level backlog grooming. Choose based on your team’s preference and the level of precision needed.

The coffee card signals that someone needs a break or the discussion is taking too long. It’s a lighthearted way to keep estimation sessions energized and acknowledge when the team needs to pause or table an item.

Large differences in estimates are valuable! They reveal different assumptions, hidden complexity, or risks. The team discusses why the highest and lowest voters chose their numbers, clarifies requirements, then votes again with shared understanding.

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