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Template
Scope brief template
A vague idea cannot be quoted, and a builder who quotes it anyway is guessing. This is the brief we ask for ourselves: fill it in, and any builder can tell you something useful.
About this file
A fill-in brief that turns a vague idea into something a builder can quote: goal, users, constraints and budget.
What's inside
- The problem in one paragraph, before any solution
- Who uses it, and what they do today instead
- Constraints that are real: deadlines, systems, rules
- A budget range, so nobody wastes a month on the wrong scale
When to use it
Before a first conversation with any software builder, including us.
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