DoD

Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance criteria define conditions that must be met so that the affected Backlog Item is considered fulfilled. These can be refined requirements, special Quality Attributes or Constraints or boundary conditions (QA&C) of the described function, or procedural conditions during implementation. Estimates lead to good acceptance criteria. Good acceptance criteria lead to better estimates. During the…

Backlog Item (generic)

A Backlog Item contains as attributes a description, an effort estimate, as well as Acceptance Criteria and Test Descriptions, which prove the completeness and describe when it is done. All backlog entries have the following properties and attributes: A unique short name or other identification (e.g. a number) A description that is as short as…

Definition of Ready (DoR)

The definition-of-ready (DoR) is a list that defines which criteria certain artifacts must meet before defined actions start in the organizational unit (Team, Group, Cluster). It is an agreement to set clear quality criteria for artifacts. In the P4 framework, a team shouldn’t pull unestimated Backlog Items into an Iteration. DoRs exist at all levels…

Organization DoD

The teams of all Clusters in the organization , the Cluster System Engineer Group , the Cluster Product Owner Group and the stakeholders must understand what it means when a backlog entry or a result is referred to as “done”. Although the Cluster DoDs can differ significantly from Cluster to cluster, there is only one…

Team Scrum Master Group (TSMG)

The Team Scrum Master Group with the Cluster Scrum Master (CSM) has responsibility at the Cluster and System level for the  product development process, the infrastructure and the cultural aspects .   Together with the Cluster Scrum Master (CSM) , the Team Scrum Master Group has the following tasks: Creating and optimizing the team setup as…