The Definition of “Done” for a Scrum Team makes transparent how close the team’s work is coming to being shippable at the end of every Sprint. Expanding the Definition of “Done” until the team is able to ship their product increment every Sprint is a process that every Team Member helps advance. Team Members expand the Definition of “Done” by learning new skills, developing trust and gaining authority to do work, automating repetitive activities, and finding and eliminating wasteful activities. When every Team Member is systematically expanding the Definition of “Done”, the team builds its capacity to satisfy business needs without relying on outside people, groups or resources. If Team Members are not actively working on this, then many of the obstacles to becoming a high-performance team will not be discovered.
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