Definition of Ready DOR & Definition of Done DOD

Definition of Ready DOR & Definition of Done DOD

Definition of Ready (DoR)

  • Acceptance Criteria: The user story has clear, testable conditions for success.
  • Estimated Effort: The team has sized the task (e.g., using story points).
  • Dependencies Resolved: External blocks, required APIs, or assets are identified and cleared.
  • Value Defined: The business value or user need is explicitly stated.
  • Feasibility Confirmed: The team agrees the task can fit inside a single sprint.

Definition of Done (DoD)

  • Code Review: Peer review and approval completed by another team member.
  • Testing Passed: Unit tests, integration tests, and QA verifications pass successfully.
  • No Defect/Bugs: Critical errors are resolved, with minor issues logged.
  • Documentation Updated: Technical notes or user-facing guidelines are revised.
  • Deployed/Merged: Code is safely merged into the main branch or staging environment.
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Author: Mark Whitfield

Welcome to my site! After graduating in Computing in 1990, I accepted a position as a programmer at a Runcorn based software house specialising in electronic banking software, namely sp/ARCHITECT-BANK on Tandem Computers (now HPE NonStop). This was before the internet became more prevalent and so the notion of enabling desktop access to company accounts for inter-account transfers and book keeping was still quite a cutting edge idea (and smartphones only ever hinted at in Space 1999). The company was called The Software Partnership (which was taken over by Deluxe Data in 1994). I spent 5 years in Runcorn developing code for SP/ARCHITECT for various banks like TSB, Bank of Scotland, Rabobank and Girofon (Denmark) to name but a few. I then moved onto a software house in Salford Quays for further bank facing projects. After a further 23 years in the IT industry and now a Senior IT Project Manager (both Agile and Waterfall delivery), I thought I would echo out my Career Profile in this corner of the internet for quick and easy access.

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