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A brief for the software you need

Six steps: who will use it, what it keeps, how the work flows, what it talks to, what limits it and where the data is today. At the end you get a phased brief and the questions for the first call.

Answer what you know. Anything left empty stays in the brief as an open point.

1. Users and roles
Who will use the program
How many people in all
2. What the program keeps
What it keeps

Tick them, and add your own below.

Separate them with commas.

3. What happens
The steps, one after another

For each: who enters it, who approves it and what comes out. Mark the step that hurts most.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

4. Links to other programs
What it has to talk to
5. Constraints
What applies
6. The data today
Where the data is now
How much of it

Your answers stay in your browser. We do not store or see them until you send the brief through the form below. A saved draft stays in this browser only.

The link carries your answers after the # sign. It never passes through our server; you send it to whoever you like.

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Which layer hurts?

Pick the service you need — the small mark beside it is our name for that layer in the story.

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How the brief is put together

The six steps become a structured brief. Phase 1 is the step you marked as the one that hurts most. Each phase gets a relative size (small, medium or large), worked out from the number of data types, steps, connections and the data move by one fixed table. The risks and the questions for the first call come from your answers. Everything happens in your browser.

How we work from a brief like this: bespoke web software

In the glossary: technical specification

QUESTIONS

What people ask

What is a software brief?

A description of the program before anyone writes it: who uses it, what data it keeps, how the work flows, which programs it talks to and what limits it. A supplier sizes the scope from it.

Do I need one before I ask for a quote?

It helps. With it, the first call is about your process rather than general questions, and every quote is made from the same description.

Why is there no timeline or price?

Because both depend on the scope, which becomes clear after the call. The builder shows a relative size for each phase (small, medium or large) so you can see the order of work.

What do you do with my description?

If you send it to us, we read it and write back with the questions for the first call. Until you press Send, the description stays in your browser.

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