Definition of Done: Quality Criteria That Prevent 'Done-ish' | Clickmasters

Features add UAT-ready acceptance criteria; APIs add contract and idempotency checks; UI adds accessibility passes — one baseline, sensible extensions.

Retro reviews of escaped defects update the DoD — each escape names the missing criterion; the list improves the way postmortems intend to.

Skipping the discipline this article describes until an incident, audit, or stalled project forces it — every practice above is cheaper adopted early than retrofitted under pressure.