Definitions

Owned by Todd Ford

Definition of Done (DOD)

Team agreed on this DOD as of
Team updated this DOD on

Code meets the requirements of the feature or defect.
Code meets acceptance criteria.
Code passes unit testing.
Code has been checked in.
Release notes have been updated.
Support team is notified of new version.

Future consideration:
Specify “where” we “check in” the code. (e.g. Local vs. Azure DevOps)

Jira Status Definition

To Do - Newly Created tickets

Work Approved - Approved by product team on Stories and ready to be refined and worked on. Note: note bugs will get work approved once refined.

In Progress - Work in sprint being addressed by development team

Blocked - Blocked by development or product and cannot be worked on currently

In Testing - Testing with QA team

Done - Meet definition of done and no work is needed

Cancel - Will not be worked on by anyone

Story Point Estimates

0: Intentionally closed with no effort.

1: < .5 day

2: ~ .5 day

3: ~ 1 day

5: ~ .5 week

8: ~ 1 week

13: ~ 1.5 week

>13: ~ Break down the Story/Bug more

Priority Definitions for Software Development

Critical: 

• Work has stopped

• Application/website is down 

• Company or client is losing money due to system outage or significant defect 

High: 

• Unblock another person or team 

• Escalated request (Contractual obligation with a short timeline to deliver) 

• Go-live issues for UAT (to avoid planned implementation delay or to allow implementation team to finalize dates) 

Medium: 

• New or changes in functionality, or defect corrections 

• Default flow of work 

Low: 

• Cosmetic changes

• Spelling changes

• Nice-to-have