Business Requirements Document


Definition

The Business Requirements Document is an approved requirements document that describes all facets of regulatory, business, user, functional, non-functional and transitory requirements.  It provides insight into both the "as-is" and "to-be" states of the business area.  The BRD is written for a user audience, describing user needs and the impact of the anticipated changes on the user community.  The structured set of prioritised and validated requirements must be user approved and maintained in order to meet the core business needs.  Requirements are commonly modelled using techniques such as business, process, data and workflow models.  The BRD represents the "what" for proposed business requirements for implementation and becomes the performance baseline of the sponsoring program.  The performance of the solution post implementation will be measured against the signed off business requirements to determine the value delivered and to identify opportunities for improvement.

The BRD deliverable and content will require synchronising with the SDLC project right sizing calculator. Projects that have greater or lesser complexity will need to adjust content accordingly.

Roles and Responsibilities

Standards

  • See Template

Templates

The following template is provided for completion of the Business Requirements Document:

  • MFR Business Requirements Document (DOCX, PDF)

Samples

There is no sample currently available.