LeadingAgile SoundNotes: an Agile Podcast
Technology:Podcasting
One of the most important things you can do for your team is to make sure you have a clearly defined, and well-documented, Definition of Done.
If you’ve ever seen footage of the flight control center when NASA launches a rocket you’ve seen a great example of a Definition of Done. Imagine what it would be like if NASA didn’t have all those stations that had to report in with “Go for launch” or “No Go for launch”. Imagine how that would work if we assumed we all had the same understanding of what "Ready for Launch" actually meant?
In this episode of SoundNotes, Dave Prior is giving a tutorial on how to create a Definition of Done for your team. If you're following Scrum as it's defined, then “done” and potentially shippable are intended to be the same thing. Unfortunately, for many organizations, this isn't something that holds true. For example, your team may require additional integration testing that is done by a separate team and happens outside the Sprint. Yes, it’s dysfunctional from a Scrum perspective. Yes, you should try to fix it, but sometimes you’ve got what you’ve got and you're too fully consumed with other battles.
Over the course of the podcast, Dave talks about having clarity on three different levels of done. Here's what the three levels look like:
Example:
2. Work that is “done” and can be presented to Stakeholders in the Sprint Review
Example:
3. Work that is “done” and can be actually shipped to customers.
Example:
If you don’t have a clearly defined, well-documented Definition of Done that you're updating every Sprint, you're putting your team and your organization in danger. If you don't already have a Definition of Done, you need one...and you need it now! In this episode of SoundNotes, Dave walks you through the creation of a Definition of Done.
Contacting Dave PriorIf you’d like to contact Dave you can reach him at:
If you have a question you’d like to submit for an upcoming podcast, please send them to dave.prior@leadingagile.com
And if you're interested in taking one of our upcoming Certified ScrumMaster or Certified Scrum Product Owner classes, you can find all the details at https://www.leadingagile.com/our-gear/training/
Agile IT Operations w/ Devin Hedge
Student Q&A: Agile Contracts w/ Devin Hedge
Student Q&A: Using Jira with an SDLC and Scrum w/ Derek Huether
The Triangle of Productivity w/ Derek Huether
Student Q&A: The Role of BA, SA, and Product Managers on Scrum Teams w/ Tim Wise
Stable Teams w/ Tim Wise
Capability Mapping w/ Ric Merrifield
Personal Agility Canvas w/ Dave Prior
GET OFF MY LAWN! Getting better at working with Millennials! w/ John Tanner and Jenny Madorsky
Managing Organizational Dependencies w/ Andrew Fuqua
Working with Distributed Teams w/ Jann Thomas and Adam Asch
Agile and UX w/ Marcy Jacobs and John Tanner
Back to Basics and Creating Safe Spaces for Learning w/ Derek Huether
Sprint Planning w/ JJ Sutherland
Agile 2016 Personal Accountability Retrospective w/ Adam Asch, Katrina Coker, Derek Huether, and Jim Hayden
Building and Maintaining Your Product Backlog w/ Adam Asch
Applying Agile in a Digital Agency Model w/ Rachel Gertz and Brett Harned
Agile Governance at eVestment: A more Agile approach to PMO w/ Liana Dore
Getting Ready for Agile 2016 w/ Devin Hedge
Personal Accountability Partnerships: Part 2 w/ Olga Krayova
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Beer Today Beer Tomorrow
Viral Podcasting
PodCastle
Think:Make Podcast
America’s Next Top Podcaster