What a good software project brief includes

Projects go over budget most often because the goal was never written down. A short, honest brief fixes most of it.

Include these seven things

• The business goal and how success will be measured.
• Who the users are and what they need to do.
• Must-have features versus nice-to-have.
• Integrations and existing systems.
• Timeline and any fixed deadlines.
• Budget range.
• Who makes decisions on your side.

Our Software Project Planning Guide expands each of these with worked examples and a checklist you can reuse.