The PRD is YOUR best friend. It anchors plans and decisions, it helps you onboard new team members or stakeholders to the topic. And when you start writing it, it asks you the questions that you need to have answers for. After it is completed, I recommend a table read / active review of the content with your BUILD TEAM.
This PRD template gives you a framework of sections that belong in it as well as thought starters to add valuable details. You can copy this template and make it your own by adding questions that are most relevant for your teams in each section.
This section covers key facts like status, people, and timeline.
| Short Description | |
|---|---|
| Status | Pick from a set of universal statuses that your team agrees on |
| (Confluence script is “/status”) | |
| Document Owner / | |
| Product Lead | |
| Tech Lead | |
| Designer | |
| Program Manager | |
| Technical Writer | |
| Planned Delivery |
Note: People in the overview are the BUILD TEAM (not the x-functional stakeholders).
Why are we building this? Why is it important?
<aside> 💡 Thought starters for you:
What problem are we solving?
How is it going to help our users?
How is it going to help our business?
How is it serving our mission?
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Evidence: How do we know this is a real problem and worth solving?
If you have a defined list of user personas, refer to those.
If you don’t go into a detailed persona description. For inspiration you can use my template below.