Characteristics of a good DoD

A DoD generally includes items that ensure both business and technical product readiness. It describes product qualities that make it valuable to your customer and practices that the developers know they should use in order to create a high quality result. The specific items on the DoD are highly dependent on the type of product that the team is developing.

Generic examples

Examples of Product Qualities:

• Compliant with usability and accessibility standards
• Compliant with design or style guides
• Made available or accessible by users/customers
• Compliant with applicable laws and regulations
• User documentation is complete

Examples of Development Practices:

• Quality testing procedures have been followed
• Work/Increment from multiple teams properly integrated

Industry-specific examples

For a software product, the DoD may include items such as:

• Integrated into a clean build
• Promoted to a higher level environment
• Automated regression tests passed
• Feature level functional tests passed
• Non-Functional requirements met
• Meets compliance requirements
• Functionality documented in necessary user documentation.
   

For a marketing brochure, the DoD may include items such as:

• Compliant with corporate branding guide
• Compliant with grammar and style guide
• Graphics and trademark check performed
• Copy edit review
• Print-ready PDF created
• Old brochure digital assets and files replaced
• Old brochures removed