[miyoji]

You obviously have never worked a company that spends time arguing about the "definition of done". It's one of the most subjective topics I know about.

[ycombigators]

Sounds like a company is not adequately defining what the deliverables are.

Task: Walk to the shops & buy some milk.

Deliverables: 1. Video of walking to the shops (including capturing the newspaper for that day at the local shop) 2. Reciept from local store for milk. 3. Physical bottle of Milk.

[tbossanova]

Cool, I went to the store and bought a 50ml bottle of probiotic coconut milk. Task done?

[fbxio]

It removes ambiguity. Everyone knows when work is truly considered done, avoiding rework, surprises, and finger-pointing down the line.

[vorticalbox]

At work we call this scope creep.