Acceptance
Criteria protect the handoff
- Acceptance criteria keep the work checkable.
- Given/When/Then scenarios make behavior concrete.
- Definition of Done keeps quality shared across items.
Acceptance criteria
Specific to the user story or backlog item.
- Outcome
- Behavior
- Scenario
Definition of Done
Shared quality bar for the work.
- Reviewed
- Accessible
- Tested
- Documented