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Why Planning Poker
Remote Teams face a common challenge: getting everyone aligned on complexity without one voice dominating the conversation. Planning poker solves this by making estimation democratic - every vote counts equally, regardless of who submitted it.
Our tool removes barriers to participation. No downloads, no accounts, no configuration. Your team can be estimating together within 30 seconds of clicking "Create Room". That simplicity matters when you're trying to stay focused on the work, not the tooling.
Real-time voting means everyone contributes simultaneously. There's no waiting for the senior developer to speak first, no pressure to agree with the loudest voice. Each team member's perspective carries equal weight, which often surfaces valuable insights that hierarchical discussions miss. Junior developers frequently spot edge cases that veterans overlook - planning poker creates the space for these contributions to emerge naturally.
The result is faster alignment, better estimates, and a team that actually understands what they're committing to build. When everyone participates in estimation, everyone owns the outcome. That shared ownership translates directly into more accurate delivery and fewer mid-sprint surprises.
How It Works
Launch a Session
Click "Create Room" - no signup, no forms, no waiting. You're hosting in seconds.
Bring Everyone In
Drop the link in Slack, email it, or show the QR code on screen. One click to join.
Queue Your Stories
Add the tickets you need estimated. The host controls pacing and can skip or revisit items.
Vote in Parallel
Everyone picks their estimate before anyone can see. Eliminates groupthink instantly.
Converge on Consensus
Discuss the outliers, understand the gaps, re-vote if needed. Move to the next story.
Key Benefits
Eliminate Anchoring Bias
Everyone votes privately before reveal, ensuring authentic estimates without senior influence skewing results. When a tech lead shares their opinion first, studies show other team members unconsciously gravitate toward that number. Hidden voting removes this dynamic entirely, letting true complexity assessments emerge.
Surface Hidden Complexity
Wide estimate spreads reveal misunderstandings and missing context before they become sprint blockers. When one developer estimates a 2 and another estimates an 8, that gap contains valuable information about unstated assumptions, unknown dependencies, or different interpretations of requirements.
Accelerate Alignment
Structured discussion after each vote brings the team to consensus faster than unstructured debates. Instead of open-ended arguments, planning poker focuses conversation on specific disagreements. Teams resolve estimation conflicts in minutes, not hours.
Track Team Calibration
See voting patterns over time to understand how well your team aligns on complexity perception. Teams that estimate together regularly develop shared mental models and converge faster on subsequent estimates.
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