Estimate the backlog more accurately and plan sprints with confidence
Run online Planning Poker sessions with independent voting, clear estimate spreads, and Jira issues in the room. Agilo helps teams agree on realistic story points before work enters the sprint.
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No installation
Fair voting by design
Hidden cards until reveal
Backlog context included
Jira issue import
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More balanced estimates
Cards stay hidden until reveal, so the team starts from independent judgment instead of seniority, pressure, or the first answer.
Discussion where it actually matters
Wide estimate spreads point the team to unclear requirements, hidden risks, dependencies, and different implementation assumptions.
A faster path from backlog to sprint plan
Import issues, vote, reveal, align, and move to the next item without spreadsheets, chat counting, or duplicated Jira context.
A practical flow for estimating work before the sprint
Agilo keeps the estimation process explicit: the team sees the same backlog context, votes independently, discusses only meaningful gaps, and leaves with an agreed estimate.
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Bring in real backlog items
Add work manually or import Jira issues with the details the team needs for a meaningful estimate.
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Vote before the room influences the result
Each participant chooses a card privately, so the first estimate does not anchor the whole conversation.
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Use the spread to find uncertainty
Compare the estimates and discuss the risks, dependencies, or missing context behind the biggest differences.
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Record the estimate and keep moving
Agree on the final story points, keep the decision visible, and continue with the next backlog item while context is fresh.
Backlog estimation connected to Jira
Pull Jira issues into the room so the team estimates real work with its existing context instead of copying titles, links, and descriptions between tools.
Estimation rules that match your team
Set the deck, reveal behavior, timer, and facilitator controls around the way your team plans instead of forcing a generic meeting format.
Remote estimation without losing meeting discipline
Presence, reactions, timers, and clear room states help distributed teams stay aligned while the facilitator keeps the estimation session moving.
Where Planning Poker improves the delivery conversation
Product teams
Refine the backlog before commitment
Find unclear requirements and oversized work before the team tries to fit them into a sprint.
Engineering teams
Make complexity visible
Surface technical risk, dependencies, and different implementation assumptions before delivery starts.
Facilitators
Keep estimation structured
Guide voting, reveal, discussion, and final agreement without spreadsheets, manual counting, or scattered chat messages.
Before you bring the team in
Turn the next backlog estimate into a better sprint decision
Create a room, bring in the work, and help the team agree on story points with less bias and more useful discussion.
Start backlog estimation