Concepts
The product taxonomy: Briefs, the pipeline, sensitivity tiers, and the artifacts each stage produces.
What is a Brief
The input format, length guidance, and what makes a good Brief.
Pipeline stages overview
The eight stages your Brief moves through, end to end.
Stage 1 — Brief Parser
Project metadata, seed constraints, initial stakeholders.
Stage 2 — Stakeholder Analysis
NGOs, MOEs, operational scenarios, HSI, enabling products.
Stage 3 — Requirements
Functional, performance, interface, constraint reqs + MOPs and TPMs.
Stage 4 — Decomposition
Functions, components, interfaces, design-to-requirement allocations.
Stage 5 — Design, Trade Studies & Risk
Design specs, alternatives, weighted criteria, risk register.
Stage 6 — Phase Gates
SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR readiness with entry/exit criteria assessment.