# Product Requirements Document (PRD)_ [System or Workstream Name]

**Date:** [YYYY-MM-DD]  
**Status:** [Draft | In Review | Approved]  
**Owner:** [Name]  
**Reviewers:** [Names]  
**Scope:** [Product slice or release boundary]  
**Purpose:** Define the product intent, value, scope, and release criteria for the target system.

## 1. Purpose

State what product problem this work solves and why it exists now.

## 2. Background

Describe:

- current product state
- why existing flows are insufficient
- what changed to make this work necessary

## 3. Problem Statement

Define the concrete product and operator pain points.

## 4. Product Goal

Define the primary product goal in one paragraph.

## 5. Target Users and Stakeholders

List:

- primary users
- internal operators
- reviewers or approvers
- sales or demo stakeholders

## 6. In-Scope Outcomes

State the capabilities that must exist in the release.

## 7. Out-of-Scope Items

State what this release will explicitly not solve.

## 8. Product Experience

Describe what the user or operator should see and do from start to finish.

## 9. Functional Requirements

For each functional requirement, state:

- requirement ID
- description
- rationale
- acceptance signal

## 10. System Behavior

Describe:

- happy path
- failure path
- approval path
- audit path

## 11. Success Metrics

Define measurable product outcomes such as:

- completion rate
- operator effort reduction
- citation coverage
- mission latency
- demo success rate

## 12. Risks

List product, technical, governance, and adoption risks.

## 13. Release Plan

Describe:

- release phases
- feature gating
- assisted mode vs autonomous mode

## 14. Sales Readiness

Define what must be true for this work to be demo-safe and commercially useful.

## 15. Dependencies

List upstream systems, teams, or documents this PRD depends on.

## 16. Acceptance Criteria

State the release-level acceptance criteria.

## 17. Bottom Line

Summarize the product decision in plain language.