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This should be someone is comfortable acting as a product manager for this work. It doesn't have to be a PM, and could be an Eng manager or IC. This person will be responsible for ensuring projects are on track, raising awareness with Eng leadership when they encounter changes or increase risk.
A sentence or two that describes what this work is. Include links to any documentation/diagrams/other references. For projects that are large in scale and have been in discussion for an extended period of time, feel free to simply link to main DRs/RFCs.
Describe what value we get from doing this work, and if possible, also why it's valuable to do right now. If there are main DRs/RFCs, this section can simply be a link.
When is this work considered finished. Be sure to mention anything that must happen before stopping.
Useful links that don’t fit into other sections can go here
If it's possible to give a few broad phases of the work, please do so. If this work is large enough to expand into multiple quarters, consider breaking it down into two projects, instead of one that stretches across a quarter.
Who should be consulted in decisions, review output or test functionality, or must participate in delivery. A "RACI" model is a great way to do this section.
What we won't consider for this project.
Does this project have any unknowns? Are there other projects that could intersect with or change this project?
Aggregate notes from sync and async comms; this can be TLDRs, use discretion on level of detail. The goal is for this sectionto be a one-stop place for anyone who wishes to understand “what has happened thus far?”
What are the next steps? Who is responsible for them? The goal for this section is to be a one-stop place for anyone who wishes to understand “what is going to happen next?”
All project docs should have a place for loose notes, this encourages folks to write things down and be scrappy by providing a space for it. Recording is always better than not recording — don’t worry about being polished!