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Discussion on: Please be professional and stop saying "I'm almost done!"

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Davide de Paolis

exactly. the definition of done is very important.

if you say "almost" I think of about 90% completion. however big or long the task was. If it was estimated for a week (5 days), and you are almost done at standup time, it should be done in the evening max.. :-)

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Vincent Dedo

"Almost" for something more than a week or two is tricky. I tend to phrase it as "I expect to have a pull/merge request up today, if all goes well" and if I don't, I tell the team the reason why in the next standup. Almost is too vague that I didn't realise I barely use it anymore.