Agile Poker is another name for Planning Poker. It is a team evaluation technique commonly used by agile teams in software development to estimate the amount of effort or the relative size of development goals.
Planning Poker is an agile team task evaluation technique. It is played with cards and is similar to a game of poker.
Planning Poker was first described in an article by James Grenning, one of the authors of the agile manifesto.
The following is how Planning Poker is played: 1. Each participant is given a deck of cards with numerical weights to assess requirements.
- The next user story is discussed and evaluated: it is read aloud, the team asks questions of the product owner, and details are obtained as needed.
- Each team member evaluates the card by placing it with its shirt up.
- After each team member has completed their evaluation, all cards are turned over and the scores are reconciled.
- If the scores of all participants are the same, the consensus score is recorded in the wish list; otherwise, a re-discussion and a second round are held.
Poker planning has several advantages over other types of planning: – The entire team participates in the planning; – Each team member has a voice without being swayed by more powerful colleagues.
- Everyone on the team is accountable for meeting deadlines.
- Estimates obtained through PP are more accurate than estimates obtained through other methods of estimation.