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N.B.: Jira COP wishes to limit the field to only being mandatory when a release is involved, this is a planned improvement.

2. Bonus features of YIS

DOR

Scrum teams generally use a Definition of Ready to clarify whether a Jira issue (Product Backlog Item, or PBI) can be taken into sprint. Within Jira, this process has been summarised in a field, "DoR", which allows tracking what an issue needs to become ready for development.

The generalised DoR steps are:

1. PBI created 
2. User story defined
3. Acceptance criteria defined
4. Refinement &

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1. estimation done
2. Ready for sprint

We find that most teams follow similar steps, so should be able to make use of this field.

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N.B. This is an optional feature. Set the field manually in refinement sessions, in case that makes sense for your team.

Card colours

Based on the DoR field, PBI's receive a card colour on the standardised YIS scrum and kanban boards.

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This way it's easy to see whether PBI's are ready for sprint:

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PO boards

3. Other projects for software development

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