1. GOAL? DONE? ACCEPTED?
Acceptance Criteria
Also known as ‘conditions of satisfaction’ that are only applied to an individual story,
and are used to confirm that the desired purpose of the story is met. It is a clear
description or list of outcomes that prove the story will be acceptable to the PO that
this story is completed to their satisfaction.
Examples of Acceptance Criteria are:
 Works on IE, FF, Chrome
 Works on iPhone and Android devices
 No use of the color red on any screen
Definition of Done
A set of fixed criteria we apply to all user stories in a product. Think of it as a rubber
stamp or as a quality mark when shipping the completed stories. You should simply be
able to rubber stamp each story as having met a master set of standards.
Examples of Definition of Done would be:
 All code refactored and fully tested.
 Documentation has been completed.
 The code has either been pair programmed, or has undergone a full code review.
Setting a Goal
A sprint goal is a short, one or two sentence, description of what the team plans to
achieve during the sprint. It is written collaboratively by the team and the product
owner, and primarily serves to communicate the purpose of the Sprint to outsiders.
Example of a Goal would be:
 Implement basic user registration functionality including,
new account, update existing account, delete account.
 Develop the checkout process for Citizens document downloads.
GOAL