METHOD · 0053
Definition of Done
The definition of Done is a shared understanding between the team and stakeholders of what it means for a unit of work to be considered complete. It is important for a team, including all stakeholders, to agree on the definition of done so there is no ambiguity.
The definition of Done is a shared understanding between the team of what it means for a unit of work to be considered complete. It is important for a team, including all stakeholders, to agree on the definition of done so there is no ambiguity.
At Exco Partners, the Done relates specifically to the unit of work described by the User Stories, where Done defines the stage at which the User Story points are counted to the team's throughput or velocity.
The specific definition of Done for a User Story at Exco Partners is, in the most simplistic terms, when the system testing of a given User Story is complete with all of the acceptance criteria verified and defect-free.
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