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Planning poker

Planning poker

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Planning poker

- A popular technique to relatively estimate work items is Planning Poker. To illustrate, let's sit in on a product backlog grooming session for our fitness club product. The user story being estimated, is, as a potential club member, I should be able to sign up as a trial member, and print a temporary badge, so I can try the fitness center facilities. The team asks clarifying questions about the product backlog item to the product owner. What data is entered by the user? Name, phone number, and email ID. What's displayed on the temporary badge? The product owner clarifies. The badge needs a scannable barcode with Member ID, Member Name, and Trial End Date, and the word Trial indexed. The team continues with the first round of estimation. Each team member reveals their estimate by placing a card on the table. One estimate is a three, and another estimate is eight. All other estimates are filed. Why is one estimate eight? Implementing this user's story would require interfacing with a…

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