Acceptance criteria: Definition, Types and Best Practices
1 min readMay 21, 2020
Acceptance criteria are the pre-established standards (requirements) a product or a project must meet. Acceptance criteria can also be defined as the conditions that a software product must satisfy to be accepted by a user, customer, or another stakeholder.
Acceptance criteria are also called the “definition of done” because they define the scope and requirements of user stories. They give developers the context needed to execute on a user story.
Acceptance criteria are unique for each user story and define the feature behavior from the user’s perspective.
Best practices for writing acceptance criteria:
- Avoid making acceptance criteria too narrow;
- Make sure the acceptance criteria are testable;
- Make the acceptance criteria concise;
- Share your ideas.
We have prepared a full guide, profoundly explaining acceptance criteria meaning and types, introducing all its best practices.
