{"head":{"title":"Project Brief Template: Free Builder | OceanLab","description":"Fill in a short form and get a one-page software project brief: problem, goals, users, scope, success measures, risks and sign-off. Copy or download it.","canonical":"https://oceanlab.in/tools/project-brief-template"},"tool":{"slug":"project-brief-template","path":"/tools/project-brief-template","name":"Project brief template","h1":"Project brief template","lede":"Answer a short form and get a one-page project brief to align your team before you ask anyone for a quote.","category":"delivery","categoryTitle":"Run the project","method":["The brief covers what a team needs before planning: the problem, goals, users, what is in and out of scope, how you will know it worked, constraints, budget and date, risks and who signs off.","Users are written as 'who: what they need' and become a table. Every other list is one item per line.","The document is built in your browser as Markdown. Copy it, download it, or paste it into any editor."],"sources":[],"faq":[{"question":"How is a brief different from an RFP?","answer":"A brief aligns your own team on the problem and goals. An RFP goes to vendors and adds what you want in their responses. Start with the brief; the RFP builder takes it further."},{"question":"How long should a brief be?","answer":"One or two pages. If it is longer, the scope is probably not settled yet."},{"question":"Why write out of scope?","answer":"It stops assumptions growing into work nobody planned or priced."},{"question":"Is anything I enter sent anywhere?","answer":"No. The tool runs in your browser and there is no sign-up. Nothing leaves the page unless you choose to email your result to OceanLab."}],"updatedAt":"2026-10-25"},"related":[{"href":"/tools/software-rfp-template","label":"Software RFP template","detail":"Answer a short guided form and copy or download a requirements document you can send to any vendor."},{"href":"/tools/sow-template","label":"SOW template","detail":"Fill in a guided form and get a statement of work draft with deliverables, milestones, acceptance and payment terms."},{"href":"/tools/project-timeline-estimator","label":"Project timeline estimator","detail":"Give best, likely and worst-case weeks for each phase and get an expected finish date and a safer one to promise."}],"studies":[{"meta":{"slug":"setback","industry":"govtech","projectType":"Permits & licences","country":"us","tags":["enterprise"],"compliances":["IBC and IRC","IFC","IECC","NEC (NFPA 70)","ADA Title II","WCAG 2.1 AA","Section 508","Title VI language access","PCI DSS"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/setback/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Setback - Permitting and Licensing Platform with Parallel Plan Review","description":"Designed and built a clickable permitting and licensing platform for a US city's development services department: completeness checks before the review clock starts, building, zoning, fire and public works reviews running in parallel against city targets, an inspection board that checks certifications, and one record for every permit with its parcel, parties, holds, fees and inspections.","category":"GovTech / Permits & Licences","client":"City of Wrenfield Falls Development Services Department"}}},{"meta":{"slug":"kasupe","industry":"energy","projectType":"Utility customer portal","country":"zm","tags":["energy","enterprise"],"compliances":["Data Protection Act 2021 (Zambia)","ERB tariff approvals","NWASCO tariff approvals","ERB and NWASCO customer service guidelines","STS (IEC 62055-41)","Bank of Zambia payment systems rules"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/kasupe/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Kasupe - Utility Customer Portal and Service Console with Safeguarded Disconnections","description":"Designed and built a clickable staff service console for a Lusaka water and electricity utility: one queue for faults, leaks and billing queries with live SLA status, a customer 360 for every account, and disconnection batches that check every safeguard before a crew is sent.","category":"Energy / Utility Customer Portal","client":"Lwimba Hill Water and Power"}}},{"meta":{"slug":"qafila","industry":"ecom","projectType":"Order management system","country":"jo","tags":["enterprise"],"compliances":["Jordan PDPL","Saudi PDPL","UAE PDPL","JoFotara e-invoicing","Jordan sales tax and GCC VAT","JFDA and SFDA cosmetics clearance"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/qafila/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Qafila - Order Management System for Omnichannel Beauty Retail","description":"Designed and built a clickable order management system for an Amman beauty retailer selling through 60 stores, two distribution centres, its own website and app, and Amazon, Noon and a fashion marketplace across Jordan and the GCC: every order in one place, sourcing that explains itself, and one dashboard for every stuck order.","category":"E-commerce & D2C / Order Management","client":"Dar Zanbaq Beauty"}}},{"meta":{"slug":"helio","industry":"energy","projectType":"Solar, battery & smart-home app","featured":true,"country":"ch","tags":["energy","iot","mobile","ai"],"compliances":["GDPR","Swiss FADP","IEC 62443","ISO 27001"],"cover":{"src":"/helio-1.png","width":2400,"height":1797}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Helio - Smart Solar & Storage App with IoT Sensor Network from Prototype to Production","description":"Built a consumer iOS and Android app for solar generation, battery storage, EV charging and smart-home device control - backed by an IoT sensor network and AI optimisation engine. 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