Web Development Project Brief Template

What’s a web development project brief?

A project brief (project proposal, creative brief, design brief, or project plan) is a starting point for your web development project. Use it as a roadmap for the entire project and to help ensure all parties involved are on the same page regarding the project’s objectives and deliverables.

Xtensio Tip: If you’re looking for a visual project management tool that helps Agile and Lean Teams get efficient and transparent, please check out our simple kanban board template to manage your team’s internal or client projects.

What should I include in a web development project brief?

A web development project brief should focus on results and outcomes. Here are some elements you may want to include:

• Project Title
• Project Objectives
• Scope
• Target Audience
• Design and Branding
• Technical Requirements
• Content Requirements
• Project Timeline
• Budget
• Stakeholders
• Deliverables

Allow your brief to grow and adapt. 

Refrain from being concerned with formatting or adhering to a specific outline; a project brief can and should evolve depending on the goal. Here’s how you can achieve it:

• Describe the project. Give a project overview by defining the what and the why.
•  Define SMART project objectives (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely).
•  Identify your target audience.
•  Set the schedule and budget, including the final due date and important milestones.
•  Detail the project scope: deliverables, features, tasks, and objectives.
•  Determine how your team will define project success.

•  Follow along step-by-step with the project brief how-to guide.

How to create a web development project brief on Xtensio?

• Click and start editing. No account or credit card is required.
  Follow along with the instructional project brief template details. Add charts, graphs, images, and videos to customize the web development project brief and make it your own.
  Drag & drop. Resize. Customize the format however you need. It’s the most straightforward editor ever

• Customize everything in the web development project brief template to match your brand guidelines.
  Define your style guide. Add your (or your client’s) brand fonts and colors. You can easily pull colors from a website to brand your online course sales sheet template.

• Work on your web development project brief together on the cloud.
  Add colleagues (or clients) to collaborate on the web development project brief template. Changes automatically save and sync across all devices in real-time.

• Share a link. Present a slideshow. Embed. Download a PDF/PNG.
  The project brief seamlessly adapts to your workflow. No more jumping from tool to tool to design different types of deliverables.

• Reuse and repurpose.
  Save your custom project brief template. Or copy and merge into other documents.

See other templates for Project Management:

• Project Handover Living Document
• Weekly Team Status Report
• Retrospective Meeting Agenda