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Project Management & Agile · Foundational

Acceptance Criteria

Conditions a product or backlog item must satisfy to be accepted by the product owner or customer.

Definition

Acceptance criteria are item-specific, often written in Given-When-Then format, and complement the team-wide Definition of Done.

Example

Given a saved card, when the user checks out, then payment completes without re-entering details.

Exam tip

Acceptance criteria are per item; DoD applies to all items.

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