1. the purpose of the iteration is clear to all participants
2. USs scope is defined so, that exactly it will be executed for a certain period
   1. all members / roles in Team are balanced in current context
3. priority of USs clear
4. a clear implementation / vision of features / features
   1. DOD defined
      1. feature is available and tested on release
      2. autotests done according to the testing strategy
      3. wrote the necessary documentation
   2. there is a release infrastructure
   3. formalized hypotheses and strategies for their verification
   4. formalized required metrics
      1. for business
      2. for Team
5. Not only business tasks
   1. technical debt
   2. refactoring
   3. architectural improvements
   4. research tasks
   5. autotests
   6. ....
6. gaps and omissions found out: formulated questions for discussion
   1. developed a plan for their elimination
7. formalized details of technical implementation
8. Team has a clear action plan for iteration
9. cross-functional and cross-product team