“Done”
Are We There Yet?
Paul Rayner

Questions?
Write them down on a
sticky note…

Agile Manifesto
• Individuals and interactions
– over processes and tools
• Working software
– over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration
– over contract negotiation
• Responding to change
– over following a plan

Agile Manifesto
• Individuals and interactions
– over processes and tools
• Working software
– over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration
– over contract negotiation
• Responding to change
– over following a plan

Agile Principles
• Highest priority: satisfy the customer through
early and continuous delivery of valuable
software.
• Deliver working software frequently, from a
couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.
• Working software is the primary measure of
progress.

Definition of “Done”
Roleplay!

Definition of “Done”
Why?

An Agile Framework:
Scrum

Definition of “Done”
Group Exercise

Brainstorming:
What do we need to do, as a
team, to ship software to our
customers/stakeholders?

Categorization:
How should we group these
activities/artifacts?

Categorization:
How should we group these
activities/artifacts?
Focus on customer value

Sorting & Consolidation:
Where are the duplicates?

Sorting & Consolidation:
Where are the duplicates?
What % is writing code?

Non-Iteration Artifacts:
Which of these things can not
be done every iteration? Why?

Agree => Iterate
Gain consensus, review
regularly…and refine

Review

Resources
Note: Much of the materials for the exercises in
this session can be found in the “Done List
Creation Exercise” by Mitch Lacey and
“Building a Definition of Done” by Chris Sterling
http://delicious.com/virtualgenius/Done

Agility. Craft. Architecture.
Paul Rayner
paul@virtual-genius.com
303.374.4370
@virtualgenius (Twitter)
http://virtualgenius.spaces.live.com