The Two Documents Every Agile Team Has (And Never Reads)

Or are they just another form of Agile theater?Walk into any agile team today and you'll likely find two documents pinned to a wiki page or buried in Confluence: Definition of Ready (DoR): "A story is ready when it has acceptance criteria, is estimated, has mockups, dependencies are identified..." Definition of Done (DoD): "A story is done when code is reviewed, tests pass, documentation is updated, PO approved it..." They look professional. They sound important. They check the "we're doing agile right" box.But here's the uncomfortable question: When was the last time someone actually read them?In more than 25 years as PM/Scrum Master/Agile Coach, working with dozens of teams, I can count on one hand the times these definitions were genuinely useful.Most of the time? They're theater. Documents that exist because "that's what agile teams do," not because they add value.Let me explain why, and show you what actually works instead.

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