# Project brief template

By ProofCohort — https://www.proofcohort.in/guides/project-brief-template

Free to copy and adapt for your own projects or teaching. Replace the prompts
below with your own details. This planning aid works for technology, design and
product, business and growth, data and AI, marketing, and operations.

## Project identity

- Title:
- Career area:
- Project type: independent practice / assessed learning / authorized client work
- My role and collaborators:
- Version and date:

## 1. Problem and audience

Who needs what? What evidence supports this problem? Which parts are assumptions?

## 2. Outcome

What should someone be able to do, decide, or inspect when this is complete?
Define one outcome you can demonstrate within the available time.

## 3. Scope

- Included deliverables:
- Explicitly excluded:
- Dependencies or decisions needed before starting:

## 4. Inputs and sources

List permitted datasets, research, references, assets, and other inputs.
Record source links, permission or license, and limitations. Label synthetic data.

## 5. Constraints

- Time available and target review date:
- Tools and access:
- Budget assumptions:
- Privacy, accessibility, or other task requirements:

## 6. Deliverables and acceptance checks

Repeat this block for each output:

- Deliverable and format:
- Requirement it addresses:
- Evidence link or file:
- Expected condition:
- How I will check it:
- Observed result (complete after checking):

Examples: reproduce analysis totals from supplied inputs; inspect a prototype's
error and completion states; verify a campaign's event details; walk through a
process exception. Use your assigned task's rubric when enrolled in a program.

## 7. Work plan and handoffs

| Milestone | Owner | Input needed | Output | Target date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Define scope | | | | |
| Produce first version | | | | |
| Run checks and review | | | | |
| Revise and document | | | | |

## 8. Review record

- Reviewer or review method:
- Feedback received:
- Changes made and evidence:
- Remaining limitations:
- My contribution versus others' work:

## Before sharing

- Remove private information, credentials, and placeholders.
- Check links using the intended viewer's access.
- Separate forecasts, simulations, and measured results.
- Explain sources and assistance according to your task requirements.

Next: https://www.proofcohort.in/guides/build-a-project-portfolio

Independent use of this template does not enroll you in a ProofCohort program
or award a credential. Current programs: https://www.proofcohort.in/programs