Scrum priority poker card values

Planning poker is a way to estimate tasks in Scrum, during the sprint pre-planning. Tasks are estimated using story points, which are a relative measure of complexity, usually defined by taking a single, well-known story as a reference.

A simple question: what are the story point values of each card of a scrum planning poker deck, so you can create your own deck?

A simple answer might be: 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100, question mark (for I-don't-have-a-clue), and "coffee break" (for cafeine-might-help-me-focusing).

The non-linear nature of the deck values makes sense - because the larger an estimate gets, the smaller the significance is of the estimate. So, it prevents a sense of accuracy that really isn't there. You might want to ask yourself  why the estimate is so large - maybe your story is too big. But let's not dig into that, this post was just about the card values.





You're welcome. We could organize a follow-up once you guys will have things up and running. Could be useful.

Posted on 2009-02-06 10:37 AM by Sander

@Zoran, we really missed the "coffee break" card yesterday.

@Sander, thanks again for the introduction

Regards,

Martin

Posted on 2009-02-06 10:31 AM by Anonymous

and if you want to get a pre-built pack, check out:
http://www.agilehardware.com/categories/Planning-Poker-Cards/

... but first I need some scissors

Posted on 2009-02-05 12:20 PM by Zoran


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