Business Requirements Document (BRD)

Align your proposed project with high-level business goals

I. Overview

PROJECT TITLE:

PROJECT MANAGER:

BRD STATUS:

WORK IN PROGRESS SUBMITTED APPROVED

Executive Summary

Explain the purpose of your BRD. Write down all the main points of your project and
information related to its conception and development. Also, introduce the main problem or
goal your project aims to address.

Objectives

List down the project's objectives or end goals

Relate how the objectives will solve the big-picture business problems or expectations
Add more as needed

II. Details
Project Scope

Lay out the project's scope. Identify boundaries between the tasks the project will cover and
those it will not. 
Key Stakeholders

List down the names of the stakeholders relevant to this project. They may include analysts,
developers, and consultants. 

SWOT Analysis

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

What are you doing well? Where do you need to improve?

What sets you apart? Are resources adequate?
What are your good qualities? What do others do better than you?

OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

What are your goals? What blockers are you facing?

Are demands shifting? Which competitors should we look out for?
How can it be improved? What factors are outside of your control?

Financial Statement

Elaborate on how the project could affect the company or business' finances. Also, explain
the project's potential sources of financing.

Cost-Benefit Analysis

COSTS BENEFITS

Identify a potential cost that can be associated Write the corresponding benefit of the
with the project identified cost
Add more as needed Add more as needed

Business Requirements

Enumerate the requirements for your project in a logical manner

Add a point person who will oversee or execute the identified requirement

Functional Requirements
 Add more items as needed

III. Schedule and Deadlines

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Plot your
project's
timeline in this

weekly
calendar
Include

important

milestones

Write
deadlines

for specific

requirements

Schedule
needed

meetings