Project Brief

Project Brief Template

1. Outcomes – what difference or impact we hope the project will make
2. Objectives – the purpose of the project; what the project will do – must be measurable
3. Outline deliverables – the specific things (products) that we will produce
4. Scope – what is and isn’t included in the project (users, geographical boundaries, depth and type of work)
5. Approach – how we will go about it, our values
6. Exclusions – what we won’t do
7. Constraints – the things that might prevent us doing all that we want
8. Outline business case – needs, benefits, users (numbers), income generation, funding sources, and marketing (budget?)
9. Reasons for selecting this solution
10. Outline project plan/schedule – timetable
11. Quality expectations – including monitoring and performance indicators
12. Risk assessment – what could go wrong and what the contingency might be