During a planning poker session, a team spends 15 minutes playing four rounds and discussing a single task, but don't reach a consensus for the estimate? What should they do next?

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During a planning poker session, a team spends 15 minutes playing four rounds and discussing a single task, but don't reach a consensus for the estimate?  What should they do next?

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Assign the task the most popular estimate from the team.

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Mark the task as requiring further investigation before being ready to estimate.

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Spend some more time discussing the task.

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Assign the task the average (e.g. median) estimate from the team.

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Conduct another round of estimation for the task.

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