We come across these two terms “Definition of Ready” and “Definition of Done” occasionally while working in agile teams/projects. – But what does these actually mean? – Let’s read ahead to find out 🙂
Definition of Done:
The definition of done is an informal checklist that the team agrees applies to all pieces of work. The whole team is responsible for approving and writing the definition of done and applying it to every story they work on.
Team Definition Of Done
Quality Assurance (including test automation code)
•All test cases for the item being tested have been executed.
•All issues resolved (i.e. Fixed, Deferred, added to Backlog, etc.).
•Issue management repository (i.e JIRA) updated to accurately reflect the issue status.
•A simple regression test has been completed on delivered features in the same functional area as the Product Backlog Item.
•Documentation related to Item updated.
•The backlog item being tested can be demonstrated to the Product Owner and passes its Acceptance Criteria.
Development (including test automation code)
•All code has been checked in
•Been peer reviewed
•Passed the automated build process
•All Code Analysis warnings resolved.
•Unit tests – All pass
•Coverage: >=75%
•Executed local tests before/during deployment to SIT
Design agreed and communicated. Final responsibility for design = the Architect.
•Enterprise Architect updated.
•Service Catalogue updated.
Been deployed to QA
Deployment instructions
•Automated scripts
•3rd party can deploy
•Design agreed and communicated. Final responsibility for design = the Architect.
•Enterprise Architect updated.
•Service Catalogue updated.
Definition of Ready
Having a Definition of Ready means that the Scrum Teams will be able to identify Product Backlog items that are immediately actionable. The Team must be able to determine what needs to be done and the amount of work required to complete the Product Backlog item. The Team must understand the acceptance criteria and what tests will be performed to demonstrate that the story is complete. “Ready” stories should be clear, concise, and most importantly, actionable.
The stories at the top of the Product Backlog that the team will be pulling into the Sprint Backlog, must be Ready. Some companies actually require a detailed checklist to determine whether a story is “Ready Ready,” and not just kind of ready, or sort of ready.
The Product Owner is responsible for putting the features and stories in the backlog. However, the Team must work with the Product Owner during Backlog Refinement to help them get the stories into actionable shape. Only then will the Team be able to estimate how much work any one story will take and how many Points they can take into a Sprint.
Note that while this implies that every ‘i’ is dotted and ‘t’ crossed it does not need to go to that extreme, provided the team are happy to accept the Product Backlog item as being “ready”. For example, requiring that the business requirements specify what should appear on a new button can wait until the team take the story into the Sprint but a list of all the new fields that appear on a new form need to be identified since that will determine where the data comes from and how much work is required to get it.
Team Definition Of Ready
The following provides the Definition of Ready for Product Backlog Items that are considered “Ready” for selection by the XXX Team during Sprint Planning:
•The backlog item clearly documents:
•What is the business problem they would like resolved (not what the solution should be). The preferred format for this is “AS the … I WANT … SO THAT …”. For more details see Writing User Stories.
•Who is the Product Owner that will be accepting the backlog item.
•Where external parties (to Vector AMS) are involved, the acceptance criteria needs to be well defined. Some things to consider when reviewing the acceptance criteria are:•Does the solution needs to deliver a specific user experience?
•Does the solution needs to meet specific performance criteria?
•Any documentation or comments relating to the backlog item must be clearly identified and traceable.
•If the solution is required to work with other systems then the specifications for the interfaces must be available to the Development Team.
•All dependencies or constraints have attempted to have been identified. Some things to consider are:
1. Is this backlog item dependent on other backlog items that have not already been “Done” or are outside the control of the Development Team?
2. Does the Development Team need support from external parties?
3. Are there special environmental requirements?
4. Can the backlog item be delivered in a single Sprint? – If not can it be broken down into smaller achievable deliverables?
5. The backlog item has been pointed.
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