What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps teams avoid vague or inconsistent planning by translating work into relative estimates (story points, T-shirt sizing) and agreeing on them using shared techniques.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Story Points (relative complexity): Uses a Fibonacci-based scale to standardize how tasks are sized, with guidance on what each point range means.
- Planning Poker: Facilitates team consensus through simultaneous card selection, discussion of outliers, and re-voting.
- T-Shirt Sizing: Provides a fast mapping from rough effort categories (XS to XL) to story-point ranges for backlog grooming and early planning.
- Risk & uncertainty adjustment: Recommends adding buffers based on risk level and quantified uncertainty to produce a more realistic estimate.
- Output-ready template: Produces a structured estimation document including description, acceptance criteria, breakdown, risks, dependencies, and notes.
Example use case: estimating stories for a sprint by breaking down a feature into frontend, backend, and testing parts, then reconciling differences via planning poker.
Quick Start
Use the task-estimation skill to estimate a new user story for sprint planning by assigning story points using the Fibonacci scale and confirming team agreement via planning poker.
