This document introduces silent sort estimating as an alternative to planning poker for estimating project work. Silent sort estimating involves having a development team silently sort product backlog items into estimation labels or bins created by the facilitator without discussion. This allows different perspectives to be incorporated while avoiding bias. The process involves 10 steps including
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