Stakeholders Sign-off (or Acceptance of any kind): would includes: Demo is prepared, Demo is presented, Approval Received.PO Accepted the Product Increment (and deemed as Releasable).Technical Debt (either to lessen or at least not add to).Compliance (adhering to certain constraints or coverage).Completion of Testing: Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Functional Testing, Non-functional Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Usability Testing, Stability Testing, Stress Testing …Īnd meeting all Acceptance Criteria (for that specific Story or group of Stories).It is important for all Scrum Teams working within the same department or being in any sort or interdependent working relationship to establish and use the same DoD.ĭoD can be defined as a blanket cover for all Story types, or can be more granular to provide a different set for any specified Story types.ĭONE is a qualifying status for a Release Ready Product Increment.īased on what it means for that Scrum Team (or their department) to be considered Release Ready, it should contain cover: In other cases no such pre-definition is in place and it is up to the Scrum Team to establish that agreement. They may even be defined at departmental levels. Some organizations have pre-defined DoDs for a variety of Story types. PO would then have time to continue to find answers to Development Teams’ questions on the requirements and clarifications.ĭefinition of Done (DoD) is a mutual agreement between the Development Team and PO on what constitutes a Story that is ready for Release. If they decide a Story presented by the PO is Not Ready, they can ask PO to provide the needed clarification and details (and/or examples, mock images or prototypes).ĭevelopment Team should NEVER be forced to bring in Stories that they did not commit to deliver.īacklog Refinement sessions, even though they are not officially part of Scrum process, have empirically proven to be the best opportunity for both parties to review the Readiness of the Stories and to ask for clarifications. In cases where it is inevitable that a live external dependency is going to exist and follow a Story through the Sprint, proper adequate coordination with the external dependency must be arranged and closely tracked to avoid disruption to the work during the Sprint (let’s not forget that we need to consider time needed for testing once the Dev is completed and a delay imposed by external dependencies can damage our commitment to deliver!)ĭevelopment Team decides if a Story is Ready for selection into the new Sprint.The Development Team should not have to depend to someone outside their team to deliver any piece before they can take on the Story). It should avoid any pending dependencies to any external resources or elements during the Sprint (i.e.(The actual final sizing will be done by the Development Team). Its rough estimate (sizing) should show it would fit within one Sprint. Ready also requires the Story to meet the following criteria: Clear listing of Pre-Dev enablers that need to be added to the Story prior to Dev work (such as UXD wireframes, Visualization Designs, Prototypes, Mock shots, Simulation Data, Test Data and so on). Clear Statement on the Business Value that will be resulted from the implementation of this Story (or the Product Increment this Story belongs to).Ready means a clearly defined Story with a are “Ready” to get picked for the new Sprint – to allow for a clear understanding of what needs to be done to develop and test the work. PO is the ultimate authority to accept or reject the product (increment) that is completed – and ready for Release if PO decides – at the end of the Sprint.ĭuring the Sprint Planning, the Development Team goes through the Stories that PO is presenting and reviews the required work with the PO and decides / negotiates on their selection for the new Sprint.ĭevelopment Team owns the Sprint Backlog and is accountable for delivery of the selected Stories – as per the required quality.Īs a result, they can only commit to Stories that have enough requirement details – i.e. PO presents the top few items on the Product Backlog to the Development Team during the Sprint Planning, and the Development Team reviews, discusses, negotiates and commits to what they can deliver during the new Sprint and bring them into their Sprint Backlog. That puts PO on both sides of the Sprint. Product Owner (or as we call it “ PO“) owns the Product Backlog and the Release.
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