T-Shirt Sizing vs Planning Poker

Developers should use T-Shirt Sizing during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or project kickoffs to quickly gauge effort and complexity across multiple items, enabling better resource allocation and risk assessment meets developers should use planning poker during sprint planning or backlog refinement sessions to improve estimation accuracy and team alignment. Here's our take.

T-Shirt Sizing

Nice Pick

Developers should use T-Shirt Sizing during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or project kickoffs to quickly gauge effort and complexity across multiple items, enabling better resource allocation and risk assessment

Pros

• It's ideal for fostering team collaboration, reducing estimation anxiety, and aligning stakeholders on priorities before diving into more detailed techniques like story points or hours
• Related to: agile-methodology, story-points

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Planning Poker

Developers should use Planning Poker during sprint planning or backlog refinement sessions to improve estimation accuracy and team alignment

Pros

• It's particularly valuable in Scrum or other agile frameworks where relative sizing (e
• Related to: agile-methodology, scrum

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use T-Shirt Sizing if: You want it's ideal for fostering team collaboration, reducing estimation anxiety, and aligning stakeholders on priorities before diving into more detailed techniques like story points or hours and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Planning Poker if: You prioritize it's particularly valuable in scrum or other agile frameworks where relative sizing (e over what T-Shirt Sizing offers.

The Bottom Line

T-Shirt Sizing wins

Developers should use T-Shirt Sizing during sprint planning, backlog grooming, or project kickoffs to quickly gauge effort and complexity across multiple items, enabling better resource allocation and risk assessment