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Definition of Ready — should it be automated or is manual discipline enough?

I've seen teams handle DoR in three ways:

  1. Honor system — "We all agree to check these things before pulling into sprint." Works for ~2 sprints, then discipline fades.
  2. Manual checklist — Confluence page or custom field with checkboxes. Better, but people skip it under pressure. Nobody checks the checklist before sprint planning.
  3. Automated checks — The system reads Jira fields and tells you what's missing in real time.

After years of trying options 1 and 2, I built option 3 as a Jira app. It evaluates every issue against configurable criteria (description, estimates, AC, assignee, etc.) and shows a readiness score directly in the issue panel.

The most interesting side effect: it changed the conversation from "is this ready?" (subjective) to "this is 60% ready, here's what's missing" (objective). Much less friction in sprint planning.

What's your experience — does manual discipline work long-term, or does it always degrade?

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u/Clean_Attitude8570 — 5 days ago
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I built a Definition of Ready & Done app for Jira - real-time scoring on every issue

Our team kept pulling half-baked issues into sprints - no descriptions, no estimates, no acceptance criteria. We'd waste the first day of the sprint just clarifying requirements.

I built ReDo to fix this. It's a Forge app that automatically scores every Jira issue 0–100% against Definition of Ready and Definition of Done criteria.

What it does:

  • 16 built-in rules (description length, estimates, assignee, acceptance criteria, subtasks, test evidence, etc.)
  • Custom criteria - manual checkboxes or formula-based rules using any Jira field
  • Sprint Gate dashboard - one screen showing readiness for every issue in the sprint
  • Scores sync to custom Jira fields, so you can filter with JQL

It runs entirely on Atlassian Forge - no external servers, your data never leaves Atlassian.

Free for teams up to 10 users, all features included.

Demo video (68 sec): https://youtu.be/iQ884rjiN2E

Marketplace: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/949313977

Would love feedback from other Jira users — what DoR/DoD criteria does your team use?

u/Clean_Attitude8570 — 5 days ago