Ensure that a working task is understood by your team
A Definition of Ready contains all requirements that a Product Owner (the one who writes the story) needs to fulfill, so that the team says:
"Yep, now we got it."
A Definition of Ready describes when a Story is ready for a sprint.
Usually a Definition of Ready answers the why, the what and finally the how.
- Is the goal of the story clear enough?
- Is the value for the project clear?
- Is the expected result understood?
- Are the acceptance criteria for the story clear?
Once the Product Owner has written a story that can answer those questions, the team can answer these:
- Is the story small enough the get done in one sprint?
- The team knows how the story can be implemented!
- The story is estimated!
In other words, a Definition of Ready describes what need to be fulfilled by a story so that this story is Clear, Testable, Implementable.
Agile and non-agile projects
All
Small
Every project, no matter if agile or not, if running or not
Requires feedback and close communication between team and Product Owner