Definition Of Ready

Owner: Product
Reviewers: Engineering, QA
Status: Draft
Version: 0.1
Last Updated: 2026-09-16
Review Cycle: Per planning cycle

A work item is ready when:

• User role and business outcome are clear.
• Acceptance criteria are testable.
• API/data model impact is identified.
• UI state requirements are clear for loading, empty, error and permission-denied states.
• Dependencies and feature flags/config needs are known.
• Security and data-scope impact is understood.
• Documentation updates are identified.