Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS

10. Definition of Done

Contents

LeSS Done

• Guide: Creating the Definition of Done

• Guide: Evolve the Definition of Done

LeSS Huge

Done!

10. Definition of Done

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

—George Bernard Shaw

One-Team Scrum

A developer we met defined “done” as finished typing. He caused considerable confusion. Most developers suffer from the “I’m almost done” disorder. “Almost” means you have no idea about your progress towards “done”—itself an undefined end state.

Scrum requires and creates transparency. One technique for increasing transparency is formally defining the meaning of “done”—the ...