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Business Requirements

Summarized as Business Requirement Document (BRD)

Provide high-level rationale for the initiative and business goal.

Describe problems that business wants to solve, contraints and investment.

Key aspects are:

Who

  • Who are the users/roles
  • Who are the developers
  • Who are the stakeholders

What

  • what does the system do ?
  • What are the main features ?
  • What does the user want to do ?

Why

  • Why is the system needed ?

When

  • when do users need and/or want the solution?
  • when can the developers be done?

How

  • How will the system work ?
  • How many users will there be ?
  • How much data will there be ?
BRD Template 
Executive Summary 
An overview of the business goals of the project

Project Objectives
List of business goals in SMART format

Project Background
Outline context of the project, what problems it solves

Project scope
Outline what is included and what should be left out

Stakeholders
A list of project stakeholders internal and external

Constraints
Constraints or limitations (time frame, budget, resources, etc.)

Use Cases 
The metrics or indicators that will define the fulfillment of the business requirements

Product Requirements
Overview of the functional and non-functional requirement (Must Have, Should Have, Nice to Have)