Done

Many of us developers like to say that something is “done” when we finish a task.

The problem is that quite often other people really don’t know what we meant, especially if there is no formal “definition of done”.

I found it very useful to be specific. So instead of saying “it is done”, consider saying:

• I finished the implementation and waiting for code review.

• The code is merged but not yet deployed anywhere.

• The feature is deployed in the test environment, but haven’t been tested there yet.

• The feature is live in production.

By being specific, we make it clear to other team members where we are at. Especially when we need to report to a product owner or manager, being vague can be counterproductive.

All the best,

Petr