2 posts tagged with "definition-of-done"

Every team says it has a definition of done. Then you look at a closed ticket: the release notes were never written, one test is skipped, the customer was never told. Jira didn't fail them — Jira never knew what "done" meant. The Done button closes anything. This post gives you a copy-paste definition of done template for stories and bugs, shows where to store it so it's actually on every ticket, and walks through the enforcement options from free to fully gated.

Every team has a definition of done. The problem is that in Jira, "done" is one button press — nothing checks whether the release notes were written, the tests passed, or the customer was notified. A checklist fixes the remembering; enforcement fixes the skipping. This guide covers three ways to add a checklist to Jira issues, from a two-minute bullet list to required items that physically block the Done transition.