This update is from the STP conference I’m attending in Denver the week of November 3, 2014. Software Test Professionals is a conference mostly focused towards testing, so the slant of all of the talks is that lens or perspective. That being said, the agile topics are by definition broader and more whole-team centered.

I just attended a session by Jeff Porter where he was exploring agile practices in a talk entitled: Agile – Where the Rubber Hits the Road.

Now let me start by saying that I liked Jeff’s talk. It was very pragmatic and practical. He simply shared what they were doing at FamilySearch.org. Practitioner reports like this one truly enhance the state of practice in the agile community.

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Introduction

There are several terms used for it within agile contexts. Sometimes you hear:

• Done
• Definition-of-Done or DoD
• Done-Ness Criteria
• Acceptance Criteria
• Release Criteria

Sometimes you even hear it repeated, as in: This story isn’t complete until its—“Done…Done…Done”.

Apparently the more “done’s” you have, the more emphasis there is on completeness. Although I don’t think I’ve heard more than four “done” used in a row.

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