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title: "definition of done"
description: "The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon with the stakeholders for permitting a process to be officially completed. The purpose of exit criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still outstanding parts of the task which have not been finished. Exit criteria are used to report against and to plan when to stop testing. "
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term_id: 43
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/exit-criteria-3"
slug: "definition-of-done"
url: "https://istqb-glossary.page/definition-of-done/"
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# definition of done

The set of generic and specific conditions, agreed upon with the stakeholders for permitting a process to be officially completed. The purpose of exit criteria is to prevent a task from being considered completed when there are still outstanding parts of the task which have not been finished. Exit criteria are used to report against and to plan when to stop testing. 

## Synonyms

exit criteria, exit criteria, exit criteria

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Test Manager 2012
- Expert Test Management 2011
- Foundation Extension - Agile Tester 2014
- Expert Improving the Test Process 2011
- Foundation Extension - Model-Based Testing 2015
- Advanced Security Tester 2016

## Translations


- [English](https://istqb-glossary.page/completion-criteria/) — completion criteria
- [English](https://istqb-glossary.page/exit-criteria/) — exit criteria
- [English](https://istqb-glossary.page/test-completion-criteria/) — test completion criteria
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/ausgangskriterien/) — Ausgangskriterien
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/definition-of-done/) — Definition of Done
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/endekriterien/) — Endekriterien
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/testendekriterien/) — Testendekriterien
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/criterio-di-uscita/) — criterio di uscita
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E5%AE%8C%E4%BA%86%E5%9F%BA%E6%BA%96-test-completion-criteria/) — テスト完了基準（test completion criteria）
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E5%AE%8C%E4%BA%86-done-%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%9A%E7%BE%A9-definition-of-done/) — 完了（done）の定義（definition of done）
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E7%B5%82%E4%BA%86%E5%9F%BA%E6%BA%96-completion-criteria/) — 終了基準（completion criteria）
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E7%B5%82%E4%BA%86%E5%9F%BA%E6%BA%96-exit-criteria/) — 終了基準（exit criteria）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/criterio-de-completude/) — critério de completude
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/criterio-de-saida/) — critério de saída
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/criterios-de-saida/) — critérios de saída
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/definicao-de-realizado/) — definição de realizado
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/efinicja-ukonczenia/) — efinicja ukończenia
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/kryteria-zakonczenia-testow/) — kryteria zakończenia testów
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/kryteria-zupe%C5%82nosci/) — kryteria zupełności
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/kryterium-wyjscia/) — kryterium wyjścia
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/criterios-de-saida/) — critérios de saída
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/kriteria-dokonceni/) — kritéria dokončení
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/kriteria-dokonceni-testovani/) — kritéria dokončení testování
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/vystupni-kriteria/) — výstupní kritéria
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/afslutningskriterier/) — afslutningskriterier
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/definition-of-done/) — definition of done
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/slutkriterier/) — slutkriterier
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/testafslutningskriterier/) — testafslutningskriterier
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/avslutskriterier/) — avslutskriterier
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/definition-of-done/) — definition of done
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/testavslutskriterier/) — testavslutskriterier
- [Nederlands](https://istqb-glossary.page/nl/definition-of-done/) — definition of done
- [Nederlands](https://istqb-glossary.page/nl/exit-criteria-uitgangscriteria/) — exit criteria (uitgangscriteria)
- [Nederlands](https://istqb-glossary.page/nl/testvoltooiingscriteria/) — testvoltooiingscriteria
- [Nederlands](https://istqb-glossary.page/nl/voltooiingscriteria/) — voltooiingscriteria
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/kilepesi-feltetel/) — kilépési feltétel
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/teljesitesi-feltetel/) — teljesítési feltétel
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/tesztelesi-vegfeltetel/) — tesztelési végfeltétel
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/definition-of-done/) — definition of done
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/sluttkriterier/) — sluttkriterier
- [한국어](https://istqb-glossary.page/kr/%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AA%E1%86%AB%E1%84%85%E1%85%AD-%E1%84%8C%E1%85%A9%E1%84%80%E1%85%A5%E1%86%AB-exit-criteria/) — 완료 조건(exit criteria)

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