Question - in the vast majority of places I've worked, estimating user stories has been done during planning sessions. I know there's a train of through that estimating should be done during refinement, so why do so many people estimate during planning sessions? From my perspective, refinement should entail some or all of the team assessing the product backlog items for 'readiness' for the sprint. By that, I mean in terms of INVEST criteria, acceptance criteria, etc, but not including estimates. If your refinement session is going to include estimating, then you need the whole team there.
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