https://agilesoftdev.com/tags/definition-of-ready/ Recent content in definition of ready on Agile Software Development Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://agilesoftdev.com/definition-of-ready-is-the-guardrail-that-sprint-planning-needs/ Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://agilesoftdev.com/definition-of-ready-is-the-guardrail-that-sprint-planning-needs/ Most agile teams have a definition of done. Fewer have a definition of ready. The asymmetry is understandable — done is where accountability lives, where the increment is evaluated, where quality is enforced — but the absence of a ready definition pushes unresolved questions into the sprint, where they are more expensive to answer. A definition of ready is an agreement about what a story must have before it can be pulled into a sprint.