Definition of Done

Definition of Done and Definition of Ready needs to be agreed upon between the Agile team members. This helps the team in being on the same page when someone says something is

• Done
• Ready

Definition of Done

Definition of Done can be defined for and not limited to the following.

• Sprint
• Story
• Release

Video: Definition of Done

Sprint (Example)

1. All Sprint stories are closed by Product Owner
2. No open bugs in the application (High and Medium severity/priority)

Story (Example)

1. All test cases have been closed
2. Story has been closed by Product Owner
3. No open bugs in the story (High and Medium severity/priority)

Release (Example)

1. Code has been deployed successfully in all intended environment(s)
2. All BVT test cases have passed in production

Definition of Ready

Definition of Ready can be defined for and not limited to the following

• Sprint
• Story
• Release

Sprint (Example)

1. Sprint Planning Completed
2. Stories are pulled into Sprint backlog as per capacity
3. Stories have tasks created under them with original estimate

Story (Example)

1. No functional or technical ambiguity exists on the story
2. Story is well defined as per agreed notation

Release (Example)

1. No code freeze violation
2. No open bugs in the application (High and Medium severity/priority)
3. All regression test cases have passed
4. All feature test cases have passed
5. All performance/security test cases have passed
6. Code quality and test coverage are as per agreed standards