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endUser stories and Bugs should meet the Definition of Ready before they can be pulled into a sprint for delivery.

Where a role is identified for each statement, that role is those best placed to verify that the condition is satisfied, rather than being the role responsible for ensuring it is met.

Before Backlog Review

Ready for Backlog Review?

The following criteria should be met before a story is presented to the team for backlog review.

Need

  • User or system roles and restrictions are defined.

  • User intent is explicit.

  • Business outcome is clear.

    • The story clearly articulates the value to the user, or unlocks downstream technical opportunity or reduces future product/development risk. 

  • The story has been reviewed and accepted by the usergroup. 

  • The story priority has been accepted by the usergroup.

Expectations

  • Workflow / UI expectations or assumptions are stated.

  • Fall-back, negative and alternative scenario flows are defined in addition to core flow, including example data.

  • Possible related functionality or behaviour that is out of scope is explicitly defined.

  • Necessary acceptance criteria are defined.

  • Acceptance criteria sufficiently reflect story intent and constraints, that the solution design must consider.

Constraints

  • Essential business rules and constraints are specified.

  • Functional or technical constraints are specified.

  • Known API endpoints or parameters are specified.

Issue Management

  • The story or bug is represented by a Jira issue in the DCB project.

  • The Story issue in the DCB project is linked to (defines) a Feature issue or corresponds to an explicitly defined Statement of Work priority.

  • The Story issue in the DCB project is linked to related issues that may have (or have had) an influence in how the story is implemented.

  • Scenario sub-issues are defined for the Story's related acceptance criteria. TBC

  • Bug issues must be linked to (is related to) a Story or Scenario issue.

When the story meets the above criteria, it is ready to be discussed during backlog review.

Jira Status: DRAFT

During Backlog Review / Before Sprint Planning

Ready for Sprint Planning?

The following criteria are tested during backlog review.

  • The story is negotiable, describing the need rather than the solution. Lead Dev

  • The story is testable, with clear and measurable criteria. Test Lead

When a story meets the above criteria, it is considered to be a ready for Sprint Planning.

  • If a story does not meet the above criteria, it is returned to Product Owner for further elaboration.

  • If technical input is necessary, an investigation spike may be scoped with well-defined goals and outputs to support additional elaboration.

Jira Status: DRAFT → OPEN

During Sprint Planning

Ready for Development?

These criteria are checked during Sprint Planning.

  • Do we have a shared understanding of the story?

    • We can describe the technical approach for how we're going to build the solution. Developer

    • We can describe how we haven't broken anything else by building functionality for this story. Developer

    • We know how we can demonstrate that the story meets its acceptance criteria. Developer

  • The story can be estimated, developed, tested and deployed independently of other functionality. Lead Dev

    • Incoming dependencies have been identified and resolved (either cleared or fulfilled). Lead Dev

    • The Story is linked to (requires) other tasks or stories that it is technically dependent on. Lead Dev

  • There is enough information to reasonably estimate the delivery effort. Lead Dev

    • Story Points have been captured. Scrum Master

    • Key development tasks are outlined. Lead Dev

    • There is enough information to develop a test plan. Test Lead

  • The story has been sized appropriately. Developer

    • The story is small enough to start and finish in a single iteration; ideally 1-2 days, and really less than half the sprint length. Lead Dev

When a story meets the above criteria it is ready for acceptance into the Sprint Backlog

Not Required to meet Definition of Ready

  • The story doesn't need to follow the 'As a ...' format

  • Acceptance criteria do not need to follow the Gherkin format

  • Wireframes are not required for development of a story to be started

  • The Component field(s) is populated correctly in Jira. Lead Dev

  • The story or bug has no blockers. Scrum Master

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