# Product Requirements Document — <Product> <Version>

*Confidential and subject to change. For internal use only. No external commitments
can be made based on this document since it is in early planning stages. Content and
timing are very likely to change.*

**Company:** <company>  ·  **Feature / Product:** <feature / product name>
**Author:** <author>  ·  **Contact:** <email>  ·  **Date created:** <date>  ·  **Version:** 1.0

## 1. Overview of the target release
Goal of this release: <one paragraph>.
Market forces driving it: <evidence-backed forces>.
Driven primarily by: <content | target date>. Target window: <date/quarter>.
Related artifacts: <positioning doc, roadmap, canvas, links>.

## 2. Personas
### Buyer persona — <name>
<motivations, buying process, barriers>
### User persona — <name>
<goals, behaviors, problems>

## 3. Market problems (persona's first person, with evidence)
- "<I can't …>" — evidence: <n interviews / % customers / win-loss>
- "<It takes too long to …>" — evidence: <…>

## 4. Requirements (grouped, prioritized)
### GROUP 1 — <group name>
1. **<Requirement>** — <Persona> has <problem, in a use scenario> with <frequency>.
   Priority: <evidence> (inputs) × <impact> (impact) = **<priority>**.
2. **<Requirement>** — … Priority: … = **<priority>**.
### GROUP 2 — <group name>
1. …

## 5. Use scenarios (day-in-the-life)
**<Scenario name>** — <Persona> is trying to <goal>. Today, <what happens, the pain,
the current workaround>. This happens <frequency>. <Why it matters.>

## 6. Requirements summary
| Requirement | Persona | Market Evidence | Impact | Priority | Group | Group Order |
| :--- | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | :--- | ---: |
| <name> | <persona> | 25 | 4 | 100 | <group> | 1 |

## 7. Out of scope / non-goals
- <explicitly not doing …>

## 8. Success metrics
| Metric category | Metric | Current | Goal |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Value | <LTV / revenue> | | |
| Quality | <defects / coverage> | | |
| Progress | <cycle time> | | |
| Satisfaction | <NPS / CSAT / renewal> | | |

## 9. Dependencies & risks
- <dependency / risk> — <mitigation>

## 10. Approvals
| Name | Title | Date | Signature |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | Product Manager | | |
| | Systems Architect | | |
| | Development Manager | | |
| | Interaction Designer | | |
| | QA Lead | | |

## 11. Change tracking
| Version | Date | Changes | Reason |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1.0 | <date> | Initial draft | |

## Open questions / evidence to gather
- > TODO: <unproven claim or missing evidence>