On using planning poker for estimating user stories

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2086-2095

  Mahnič, Viljan ^a   Hovelja, Tomaž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Effort estimation; Expert judgment; Planning poker; Scrum; User story

Indexed keywords

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EFFORT ESTIMATION; EXPERT JUDGMENT; SCRUM; USER STORIES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN; STUDENTS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84863099260     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.04.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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