To prevent influential stakeholders from dominating product delivery decisions, the product owner uses planning poker. What is a key advantage of this technique?

Planning poker is a consensus-based estimation technique where team members estimate the effort for user stories. Its primary advantage is ensuring active participation from all team members. By having everyone simultaneously reveal their estimates, it prevents a single dominant voice from influencing others, fostering independent thought and encouraging discussion when estimates differ significantly. This collaborative approach leverages the collective knowledge of the team, leading to more robust discussions about the work involved. While it can contribute to more accurate estimates and involves a form of brainstorming, its core strength in this context is promoting engagement and preventing domination. It doesn't directly plan iteration activities, but rather estimates work items.