Definitions

Definition of Done (DOD)

Team approved on 11/2/2022

Code meets the requirements of the feature or defect.
Code meets acceptance criteria.
Code passes unit testing.
Code has been checked in. (Currently in Azure DevOps.)
Release notes have been updated. (Currently as a news bulletin.)

Release notes:
* Captured during check-in process.
* News bulletin for CMS360, Jury360
* User documentation (coming soon…)
* Technical documentation (coming soon…)

Future consideration:
* Notify support team of new changes to the applications

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 weeks

>13+: Break into multiple tasks

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