# Project Brief: [working name]

> Editable template from Rangefront Labs: https://rangefrontlabs.com.au/resources/software-project-brief-template/
> Replace everything in [square brackets]. Short and honest beats long and vague.
> If you don't know an answer, write "not sure yet". That's useful too.

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## 1. In one sentence
[What is this, in plain language? e.g. "A booking system for our mobile detailing business."]

## 2. The problem
[What's wrong today, and what does it cost? Be concrete: time, money, missed work, frustration. Why now?]

## 3. Who will use it
[The main groups of users and roughly how many. e.g. "8 office staff, 20 field techs, and customers booking online."]

## 4. What success looks like
[How will you know it worked? Aim for measurable: "techs stop ringing the office for job details", "quoting drops from a day to an hour".]

## 5. Must-have features
[The things it can't launch without. Keep this list honest: every item is cost and time.]
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## 6. Nice-to-have features
[Things you'd love but could live without at launch. Separating these from must-haves is the most valuable thing in this brief.]
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## 7. What it must connect to
[Existing systems and data: accounting (Xero, MYOB), CRM, payments, email, spreadsheets, and anything it has to read from or write to.]

## 8. Practical requirements
[Where does it run: web, phone, both? Who needs to log in? Any security, privacy or compliance obligations? Roughly how many users and how much data?]

## 9. What exists today
[Current process, tools, and any system this replaces or sits beside. Screenshots or a spreadsheet export help enormously.]

## 10. Budget and timing
[A budget range and any real deadline. "We don't have a number" is fine, but a range lets a good partner shape scope to fit. A real deadline ("before peak season in October") matters; "ASAP" doesn't.]

## 11. Explicitly out of scope
[What this project is NOT doing. Naming this prevents the slow scope creep that blows out timelines.]

## 12. Decisions and open questions
[Who signs off? Who's the day-to-day contact? What are you still unsure or worried about?]

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