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Business Requirement
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Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary 4
2. Client Details 4
3. Stakeholders Categories 4
4. Business Objectives 4
5. Background 4
6. Scope
6.1 In Scope 4
6.2 Out of Scope 5
7. Features 5
8. Functional Requirements
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8.1 Business Requirements 5

8.2 Configuration Requirements 5
8.3 Use Cases 5
8.4 Business Process Flows 6
9. Non-functional Requirements
9.1 Performance Requirements 6
9.2 Usability Requirements 6
9.3 Security Requirements 6
9.4 Training Requirements 6
9.5 Recovery Requirements 6
9.6 Storage Requirements 6
10. Reporting and quality assurance 6
11. Delivery Schedule 7
12. Other Requirements 7
13. Constraints 7
14. Assumptions 7
15. Limitations 7
16. Risks 7
17. Glossary of terms 8

1. Executive Summary

[Provide a summary of project components, aspects and associated details this Business Requirement
Document covers.]

2. Client Details

[A short synopsis for the client, their background and departments that the Business Requirement Document
covers.]

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3. Stakeholders Categories

[This section contains the different verticals or categories of clients that could be affected by the project’s
outcome. The following tabular format might be used to depict the details.]

S.No. Stakeholder Stakeholder Key Area of Responsibilities

Type Category Stakeholders specialization
Names

4. Business Objectives

[Detailed listing/explanation of the real wants of the business users that will be fulfilled by the successful
completion of the project]

5. Background
[This section provides information about the business as a whole, current business practices and outlines the
business need that underlines this document.]

6. Scope

[This section entails what all is to be done as a part of the project efforts and what is not to be done.]

6.1 In Scope

[This section contains the functionalities which comes under the scope of the project.]

6.2 Out of Scope

[This section contains the functionalities which are out of the scope of the project.]

7. Features
[This section is an elaboration of the business objectives and contains the characteristics and attributes that
are expected from the application or the software being developed.]

S. No. Feature Name Feature Details

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8. Functional Requirements

[Give comprehensive details about capabilities the project’s final product or services should have. Use cases,
Flow diagrams, Wireframes or other similar types of information should be supplemented.]

8.1 Business Requirements

[All the business requirements that are to be covered by the project are detailed in a tabular format.]

S. No. Requirement Description Priority

8.2 Configuration Requirements

[Requirements related to the system and default configurations are detailed here.]

8.3 Use Cases

[Detailed use cases related to the project/product functionalities are either described or mentioned here.]

8.4 Business Process Flows

[Diagrams depicting the process flow, information flow or data flow are detailed here.]

9. Non-functional Requirements

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[The non-functional requirements like system response time, performance, scalability, and usability are
included here.]

9.1 Performance Requirements

[Mention all the performance related attributes and expectations in this section.]

9.2 Usability Requirements

[All the information pertaining to how user friendly the system/application should be and any special
considerations regarding the usability factor, comes here.]

9.3 Security Requirements

[Details against internal, external, data, information security and confidentiality are a part of this section.]

9.4 Training Requirements

[Any end user training requirements are described in this section.]

9.5 Recovery Requirements

[In case of any unforeseen calamity or natural disasters, the data recovery requirements that should be
fulfilled, are mentioned.]

9.6 Storage Requirements

[Details against requirements and guidelines of data storage (both physical and soft data) are elaborated
here.]

10. Reporting and quality assurance

[Elements like - quality processes to be followed in the project, metrics, project reporting and tracking are
detailed here.]

11. Delivery Schedule

[The schedule pertaining to the delivery of the project/product functionalities are explained in this section.]

Delivery Name Functionalities Delivered Tentative Dates

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12. Other Requirements

[Any requirements that are not a part of any of the above detailed sections or any added details are provided
here.]

13. Constraints
[Any factors that limit or slow the successful development, deployment or adoption of the solution are
identified.]

14. Assumptions
[Assumptions against various sections of functional and non-functional requirements are mentioned here.]

15. Limitations
[Any restrictions or known boundaries of the system/application being developed, are detailed here.]

16. Risks
[Any factors that may pose a risk to the successful implementation of the project are detailed here.]

Type of Risk Risk Description Affects Severity

17. Glossary of terms

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[Alphabetical listing of all the business language used in the Business Requirement Document and their
associated explanation is provided here.]

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