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PRD Template: How to quickly get your entire team on the same page

Copy this template certified by Product School to align your team before shipping a new feature.

What is a PRD?

One of the most important roles of a product manager is to maintain communication and alignment around the product decisions you are making. Each stakeholder will have varying levels of understanding and context about why you are building a feature, so it’s your job to act as a bridge between stakeholders, your product team, and the customer.
Enter the product requirements document (”PRD”). It’s an essential tool in every great PM’s toolkit. A PRD provides context about an upcoming product feature to all the stakeholders involved, including the problem, proposed solution, launch plan, and progress updates. It’s meant to be a living document, constantly being updated and referenced as progress and circumstances change. It becomes the single link you send to anyone who wants to know more about a feature.
Use this PRD template

How to create PRD

Copy this doc
Write the PRD, including the problem, solution, launch plan, and stakeholders
Share the doc with the relevant stakeholders by clicking Share at the top of the page
Delete this intro text (everything above the line below)

PRD for [product name]

Problem

Target Audience

Who is experiencing this problem? Be as specific as possible.

Problem overview

Describe the problem (or opportunity) you’re trying to solve. Why is it important to our users and our business? What insights are you operating on? And if relevant, what problems are you not intending to solve?

Goals & Success

What does success look like? What metrics are you intending to move? Explain why these metrics are important if not obvious.

Non-goals

List explicit areas we do not plan to address
Explain why they are not goals
These are as important and clarifying as the goals

Risks

What are the potential threats to achieving success? Are there external or legal risks to consider?

Solution

Key features

Give an overview of what you’re building. This could include an organized list of features or a discussion of you’re not building.
💡 Pro tip: Add sketches, wireframes, or whiteboards from Mural.
Example wireframe:
image 141.png

Key flows

Show some mocks/embeds of the experience. Link to any other documentation as necessary. In general, it’s helpful to organize these around certain user journeys / use cases. Show enough of a clickthrough where people can walk away with a reasonable understanding of how the product works.
💡 Pro tip: Embed a live Figma file to visualize key flows right in your PRD

Decision Log

Often decisions are made that might feel controversial. Log them here to everyone informed on key decisions and tradeoffs.
Asked by
Question
Status
Decision
Decided On
1
Lola Tseudonym
What color should we make the logo?
Decided
Of the options, green is the closest to our branding.
3/10/2021
2
Felix Marlin
When should we launch?
Decided
After reviewing all options, we should launch next Thursday.
2/18/2021
3
Buck Dubois
Who is our target audience?
Discussing
There are no rows in this table

Launch Plan

Milestones
1
Timeline
1

Marketing press release

Work backwards by writing the press release before you build the feature. Here’s a good example:
Operational Checklist

Stakeholders

Keep stakeholders informed

Click below to subscribe to updates on this feature. The PM will include you in email updates, etc.

Reviewer Signoffs

Pulse Check - How do you feel about this feature?

Uncheck the box to hide other teammates’ sentiments. When your team is ready to discuss, check the box to show all sentiments.
Add My Sentiment
Check to show everyone's sentiment (
3
submitted with average sentiment of
2.67
)
Sentiment
Reflection
Submitted by
1
Love the new checkout flow!
Lola Tseudonym
2
I’m confused as to why we’re not tracking metrics yet.
Buck Dubois
3
I’d love to see more details on the audience we’re targeting
Felix Marlin
There are no rows in this table

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