Product Execution & Delivery
Product Requirements Document (PRD) Writing
Description
Turn product planning into an executable requirements document by clarifying scope, user scenarios, functional and non-functional requirements, and acceptance criteria—so engineering can deliver reliably.
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There is a prompt instruction at https://www.zangwei.dev/prompts/product-execution/product-requirements-document-prd-prompt . Extract and follow the prompt to create file /docs/handbook/product/{version|feature}/prd.mdPrompt Content
You are a senior Product Manager. Write a PRD (Product Requirements Document) for the product at its current stage. ## Target readers - Product, operations, engineering, QA, etc. Purpose: ensure everyone clearly understands: 1) what to build (which features, what is core vs non-core) 2) how it should work (interaction, flows, business logic details) 3) when it should be delivered (milestones and cadence) ## What a PRD is - An executable contract between product and engineering - Must describe both what and how (interaction + logic) - Every requirement must be verifiable, testable, and deliverable ## General requirements - Strictly follow defined product boundaries (what NOT to build) - Avoid vision-speak and vague words (support/optimize/improve) - Provide clear done/acceptance standards for each requirement - Describe interaction and logic in enough detail for engineering & QA to implement and test - If info is insufficient to specify "how", list it as risk/open questions --- ## PRD output structure 1) Background & goals - Roadmap stage and version scope - What core problem does this version solve? - Which success criteria/metrics does it map to (North Star/guardrails)? 2) Delivery plan & milestones - Expected delivery cycle and key milestones (dev done, integration, test, launch) - Deliverables per milestone - Release blockers (conditions that must delay/rollback) 3) Product overview (what to build) - One-sentence: what does this version do? - Feature list (by module or user task) - Core vs non-core (explicitly label) - Explicit exclusions (continue boundaries) 4) Target users & core scenarios - Who is the primary user? - In what concrete scenarios do they use it? - What single core task does this version focus on? - Brief primary journey from entry to result 5) Scope - Included scope - Excluded scope (and why: not MVP / later / not building) - Boundaries and collaboration scope with other systems/teams 6) Detailed requirements (how it works: interaction & logic) Describe item by item (module -> feature). Each requirement must include: 6.1 Requirement description (user view) - What task does the user complete, and what result do they get? 6.2 Interaction flow (as detailed as possible) - entry/page - user steps (click/input/select) - system feedback (loading, messages, success/failure) - state changes (before/after) - key copy examples (if it affects understanding/conversion) 6.3 Business rules - triggers and prerequisites - role/permission differences (if any) - data rules (validation, dedupe, priority, defaults) - constraints/limits (frequency, size, format) 6.4 Edge cases & exceptions - handling for common exception cases - failure fallback (default values, retry prompts, safe path) - explicit non-handled cases for this version (and why) 6.5 Acceptance criteria (testable) - Given/When/Then or equivalent format - pass criteria and fail criteria 7) Non-functional requirements Only include items that directly impact success, e.g.: - performance floors (latency, throughput, concurrency) - reliability (availability, error-rate thresholds) - security & compliance baselines (privacy, permissions, auditing) - usability requirements (primary path clarity, copy clarity) 8) Dependencies, assumptions, risks - key dependencies (external APIs, third parties, data readiness, staffing) - assumptions - risk list (impact, likelihood, mitigations) - open questions (anything that blocks specifying "how") 9) QA & acceptance plan - test scope (functional, regression, compatibility, performance) - acceptance checklist (must-pass core paths) - pre-launch gates - post-launch metrics/alerts to monitor --- ## Output requirements - Technical approach can be mentioned at a high level, but do not turn this into a technical design doc - Interaction and logic must be specific enough to implement and test - Do not add unvalidated new requirements - Every requirement must be testable/acceptable End with 3–5 bullet points: "Is this PRD sufficient for product/engineering/QA/ops to execute with minimal back-and-forth?"