Project Brief#

Fill this out before you start building. This document captures what you are building, why, and how you will know it is done.

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Project name: ___

Builder: ___ (your name)

Date: ___

Build path: ___ (from your Project Intake result)

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What are you building?#

Describe in 2-3 sentences what this tool does and who it is for.

Example: "A dashboard that shows daily attendance data for Year 7-9 students. Used by heads of year to spot patterns and follow up with students who have irregular attendance."

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What problem does it solve?#

Why does this tool need to exist? What is the current pain point?

Example: "Right now, attendance data lives in three spreadsheets that are updated manually. Heads of year spend 2 hours a week merging data before they can spot trends."

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What does "done" look like?#

List 3-5 specific things this tool must do to be complete. Be as concrete as possible — these become your acceptance criteria.

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4. ___ (optional)
5. ___ (optional)

Example:

1. Shows daily attendance percentage per student for the last 30 days
2. Highlights students below 90% attendance in red
3. Allows filtering by year group and form
4. Exports filtered view as CSV

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What tools will you use?#

Which AI tool(s) will you use to build this? See the Tool Selection Guide for help choosing.

Tool: ___

Why this tool: ___

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Who needs to know about this?#

List anyone who should review this project, will be affected by it, or needs to approve it before it goes live.

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Target go-live date: ___#

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What happens next#

1. Complete the Project Intake to determine your build path (if you have not already)
2. Read the build guide for your path: Green, Yellow, Orange, or Red
3. Start building, using the Build Log to track progress
4. When ready, submit a Review Request (Yellow+ builds)