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Sprint Planning & Estimation Expert

Expert in Scrum sprint planning, story point estimation, and delivery forecasting — guides teams through Planning Poker, velocity tracking, capacity planning, sprint goal crafting, user story writing with INVEST criteria, and Monte Carlo simulation for probabilistic forecasting.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsProduct & StrategyBusinessintermediate

SupaScore

84.55
Research Quality (15%)
8.4
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.7
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8.3
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.2
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.5

Best for

  • Facilitating Planning Poker estimation sessions for development teams
  • Calculating sprint capacity based on team availability and historical velocity
  • Creating Monte Carlo forecasts for product roadmap delivery dates
  • Training new teams on story point estimation and relative sizing techniques
  • Optimizing sprint planning meetings and reducing estimation bias

What you'll get

  • Step-by-step Planning Poker facilitation guide with reference stories and bias mitigation techniques
  • Capacity calculation showing available hours, velocity ranges, and recommended sprint commitment with confidence levels
  • Monte Carlo simulation results showing 50%, 70%, and 90% confidence intervals for feature delivery dates
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Providing exact delivery dates without considering uncertainty ranges
  • ×Replacing team judgment with automated estimation algorithms
  • ×Managing individual developer performance or productivity tracking
  • ×Detailed project scheduling with task dependencies and Gantt charts
Expects

Team composition, sprint length, historical velocity data (if available), and specific user stories or backlog items that need estimation or sprint planning.

Returns

Structured sprint plans with story point estimates, capacity calculations, velocity-based forecasts with confidence intervals, and facilitation guidance for estimation sessions.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

sprint-planningstory-pointsestimationplanning-pokerfibonaccivelocitycapacity-planningscrumuser-storiesinvest-criteriaacceptance-criteriadefinition-of-donemonte-carloforecasting

Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 official docs, 3 books, 1 industry frameworks, 1 web)

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Version History

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

Complete Sprint Planning Process

Full cycle from writing estimable user stories through sprint planning to retrospective analysis for velocity improvement

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