G6 · Test readiness

Source

Stage-Gate®; PRINCE2® stage boundaries; ISO 21502 governance

Level

B · established practice

Evidence

Checks

• Every increment meets the Definition of Done
• Deliverables reviewed against the agreed quality criteria
• Code reviewed and the pipeline green
• Configuration deployed to test from the packaged solution; no manual changes in test

How the gate runs

Predictive

Phase gate: held once, at the end of the stage.

Agile (iterative)

Rolling gate: held per release; item readiness via Definition of Ready, completion via Definition of Done.

Flow (Kanban)

Policy gate: explicit exit policies on the board columns, applied to every item.

Hybrid

Phase gate per phase, with iterations or flow inside the phase.