The definition of done for User Story, Iteration, and Release is given below.

User Story                                                                                      

A user story is a requirement which is formulated in a few sentences in everyday language of an user and it should be completed within an iteration. A user story is done when

●      All the related code have been checked-in.

●      All the unit test cases have been passed.

●      All the acceptance test cases have been passed.

●      Help text is written.

●      Product Owner has accepted the story.

Iteration

An iteration is a time boxed collection of user stories / defects to be worked upon and accepted within the release of a product. Iterations are defined during iteration planning meeting and completed with an iteration demo and review meeting. An iteration is also termed as a sprint. An iteration is done when

●      Product backup is complete.

●      Performance has been tested.

●      User stories have been accepted or moved to the next iteration.

●      Defects have been fixed or postponed to the next iteration.

Release

A release is a major milestone that represents an internal or external delivery of working, tested version of the product/system. A release is done when

●      System is stress tested.

●      Performance is tuned.

●      Security validations are carried out.

●      Disaster recovery plan is tested.