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Which estimation scale is this team using?

Three common relative scales. Pick one and stay on it — this page does not map values across scales.

Stand: September 25, 2026 · No account required.

There is no honest conversion between Fibonacci, powers of two, and T-shirt sizes. Changing scale means recalibrating with the team.

Modified Fibonacci

1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 8 · 13 · 20 · 40 · 100

Gaps grow as size grows so the team argues less about precision that is not there. Common in planning poker.

Powers of two

1 · 2 · 4 · 8 · 16 · 32

Each step doubles. Useful when the team wants a strict “twice as big” conversation.

T-shirt sizes

XS · S · M · L · XL

Labels without numbers. Good early in discovery when you only need buckets, not a point budget.

Where the numbers come from

Facilitation practice for relative estimation. This page does not convert between scales.

Name your reference stories

Pin 1, 5, and 13 so the next vote has anchors.