Glossary term
What is Acceptance criteria?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Acceptance criteria" means: Short yes-or-no checks that say when a piece of work counts as done. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include Work package, Baseline, Work breakdown structure (WBS) and Change request. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Acceptance criteria?
Short yes-or-no checks that say when a piece of work counts as done.
Where is Acceptance criteria taught?
Acceptance criteria is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Acceptance criteria?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 2.3: Say What Done Means: Acceptance Criteria and the Work Package Sheet
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 5.2: The Product Backlog and User Stories
Which terms are related to Acceptance criteria?
Next to Acceptance criteria in the course glossaries: Work package, Baseline, Work breakdown structure (WBS), Change request, MoSCoW, Dependency, Requirement and Critical path.
Work packageBaselineWork breakdown structure (WBS)Change requestMoSCoWDependencyRequirementCritical path
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Acceptance criteria?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.