# Planner Poker

> Free online Planning Poker tool for agile teams. Estimate user stories in seconds with real-time voting, Fibonacci or T-Shirt scales, Jira integration, and no sign-up required.

Planner Poker is a web application (https://pokerplanner.lovable.app) that helps Scrum Masters, Product Owners and development teams run Planning Poker (also called Scrum Poker) sessions. Participants join a shared room with a code, vote privately on story effort, and reveal cards simultaneously to avoid anchoring bias. The tool is free, requires no account to start, supports 5 languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German), and works on any device.

Key facts:
- Pricing: Free, no credit card, no account required to create or join a session.
- Scales supported: Fibonacci (0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ...) and T-Shirt sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL).
- Real-time: votes sync instantly across all participants; cards reveal simultaneously.
- Integrations: Jira (OAuth) — import issues from active sprints and map estimates back.
- Extras: built-in voting timer, time estimation with poker chips, voting statistics (avg/min/max), session history, badges.
- Privacy: no tracking cookies, no data sold, planning data auto-deleted after 30 days of inactivity.

## Pages

- [Home / Create or join a session](https://pokerplanner.lovable.app/): Landing page explaining Planning Poker, with the form to create a new room or join an existing one by code.
- [Contact](https://pokerplanner.lovable.app/contact): Contact form to reach the Planner Poker team.
- [Privacy Policy](https://pokerplanner.lovable.app/privacy): How data is collected, stored, and deleted; cookie usage; third-party services.
- [Sign in / Sign up](https://pokerplanner.lovable.app/auth): Optional account creation to save planning history and preferences. Supports email/password and Google sign-in.

## How it works

1. Create a session: pick a name, scale (Fibonacci or T-Shirt) and optional timer.
2. Share the room code or link with your team — no sign-up needed to join.
3. Add a task, everyone votes privately, then reveal all cards at once.
4. Discuss differences, re-vote if needed, agree on a final estimate, and move to the next task.
5. Finish the session to see a summary of total tasks, points, participants and badges.

## FAQ

- What is Planning Poker? An agile estimation technique where team members privately pick cards representing effort, then reveal them at the same time to avoid bias.
- Do I need an account? No. Sessions can be created and joined instantly. Accounts are optional and only used to save history.
- Is it really free? Yes — all features including Jira integration are free.
- How many people can join? No hard limit; works for small squads and large planning events.
- Does it integrate with Jira? Yes, via OAuth with your Atlassian account.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://pokerplanner.lovable.app/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable list of public URLs.
- [robots.txt](https://pokerplanner.lovable.app/robots.txt): Crawler rules.