Dwellworks Experience - Lean Agile Playbook 2.01

80% Rule Teams can waste a great deal of time trying to get a concept perfect. In a lean/agile environment it is okay to build out an idea to a sufficient point (80%) and then continue to move forward with the discussion. The team can always go back and clean things up more if time allows or if you need a precise definition, explanation, process map, etc. The 80% Rule helps to get just enough information to make the idea useful.

Acceptance Criteria Conditions that a story card, sprint, process improvement, new product, etc. … must satisfy to be accepted as complete. Defines when a work item is completed and working as expected. Acceptance criteria should state the intended outcome but not the solution.

As a: Bank Customer

*This example demonstrates a basic story card/user story with acceptance criteria.

I want to: Withdraw money from an ATM

So that: I don’t have to go into the bank and stand in line

Acceptance Criteria: Customer is able to withdraw cash from an ATM

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Lean & Agile Playbook v.2.01 – modified MAY2016