50 Stories. One Hour. Done.
Use the right tool for the job
Planning Poker is great for refinement — but when you need to size an entire backlog, it's the wrong tool. Bucket Estimation lets your team rough-estimate at scale, so you can plan capacity without debating every story.
Size Your Backlog in One Session
Not every story needs a 10-minute debate. Bucket Estimation lets your team drag stories into size buckets — silently, independently — then surface only the disagreements worth discussing.
- Estimate 50+ stories in under an hour
- No discussion until you need it
- Perfect for roadmap planning and backlog cleanup
Planning Poker Doesn't Scale
It's perfect when you need alignment on sprint work.
- But for roadmap planning?
- Backlog grooming?
- New project sizing?
You'll spend half a day on stories that just need a rough number.
That's not estimation — that's a meeting that should have been a drag-and-drop.
Rough Estimates, Fast Consensus
Everyone drags stories into buckets independently. No anchoring, no groupthink. When you're done, you see where the team agrees — and only discuss the outliers.
What used to take a full afternoon now takes one focused hour. Finding the correct 'bucket' for each story comes naturally, meaning teams estimate large backlogs faster using this method.
Used by Teams Who Need Estimates to Hold Up
From estimation to clarity
"The most efficient app we could find for doing asynchronous estimations. While other apps send you off to specific 'estimation' pages, Smart Guess allows you to do the entire estimation process right from the issue. Making the process lightweight & intuitive, not yet another task team members have to complete."
Development Manager
Estimates teams actually trust
"After trying many planning estimation tools in Jira, we landed on Smart Guess. By estimating stories directly in the card view itself, Smart Guess is not only the most efficient but the best app we've used."
Team Lead
Getting started is simple
- Install Smart Guess
- Pick a backlog to size
- Run you first Bucket session
What if your rough estimates could predict delivery?
Your Bucket Estimation includes a 30-day trial of Predictive Estimation — see which work types are reliable before you commit.
- See which estimates you can trust
- Spot unpredictable work types
- Commit with confidence
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Flow Intelligence
Understand how work actually flows through your system. Spot variability, bottlenecks, and unpredictable work — using real delivery data.
