PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (PRD) OVERVIEWEvery product in Vizula contans a Product Requirements Document (PRD) which can be used by the Product Manager to define and manage a list of items which in turn, specifies the requirements of the product in as much detail as required by the business.
Each item in the list contains between one and three fields (defined by the Product Manager) and a status (modified by the Project Manager).
The status has one of four values as follows:-
REVIEW - PRD items have a starting value of 'REVIEW', meaning that they have not yet been 'scored' by the Project Management / NPI team.
REJECTED - A PRD item that is 'REJECTED' by the Project Management team means that it is determined that the item is not possible to meet. This should cause a discussion between the Product Manager and the Project Manager to determine how critical this item is to the success of the product, whether the item tolerance can be relaxed, or whether the item should/can be removed from the PRD altogether.
MARGINAL - An item marked as 'MARGINAL' means that the NPI team are unsure at this time if the PRD item can be achieved. This should cause a discussion between teams to determine if the requirement can be altered in order to satisfy the project team that it can subsequently be approved.
APPROVED - An item that is 'APPROVED' is the desired result and means that the NPI team are confident of being able to meet this requirement.
Split Personality.The view of the PRD comes in two forms:-
- PRODUCT MANAGEMENT PRD - The Product Manager has access to full editing of the PRD but does not have the ability to define the status of any PRD item.
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRD - The Project Manager does not have any ability to edit the PRD but is able to 'score' the status of each item.
PRODUCT MANAGER PRDThe Product Manager PRD is as follows:
The Product Manager is able to define the layout of the page, add new PRD items, edit existing items or delete items. The PRD is essentially fully controlled by the Product Manager with the exception of each item status.
PRD Layout.Each PRD is set by default to be called a Product Requirements Document, with two columns, the first called 'Requirement' and the second called 'Value'. However, these items can be customised, eg to call it a 'Product Specification' rather than a 'Product Requirements Document'.
The layout can be modified by clicking the settings icon
This will display the 'Settings' menu as follows:-
Adding a PRD Item.1. Click the 'Add PRD Item' icon
2. A new PRD Item will be added to the bottom of the list as follows:-
3. The item will automatically be set to 'edit' mode, and editing can be made directly into the row.
4. The edit mode can be closed by clicking the 'Close Edit' icon
on the right hand side of the PRD item. However, it does not need to be closed.
Editing a PRD Item.1. Click on any PRD Item to put it into edit mode as follows:
2. The edit mode can be closed by clicking the 'Close Edit' icon
on the right hand side of the PRD item. However, it does not need to be closed.
Deleting a PRD Item.1. Click the 'Enable Delete Mode' icon
2. The icon will turn red
and all PRD items will be put into delete enable mode, displaying a trash symbol in its left hand column.
3. Click on the PRD item you wish to delete and the a confirmation sub-menu will be displayed asking for confirmation of deleting the item.
4. Click 'DELETE' to remove the item.
Filtering PRD Items.The specification items can be filtered by status value type by clicking on the relevant icon in the filter:-
Toggle this filter to show / hide the 'REVIEW' items.
Toggle this filter to show / hide the 'REJECTED' items.
Toggle this filter to show / hide the 'MARGINAL' items.
Toggle this filter to show / hide the 'APPROVED' items.
Reordering PRD Items.1. Click on any PRD Item to put it into edit mode as follows:
2. Once in edit mode, the item position can be changed by pressing the 'up' and 'down' cursor key buttons.
3. The edit mode can be closed by clicking the 'Close Edit' icon
on the right hand side of the PRD item. However, it does not need to be closed.
Downloading a CSV file.1. Click on the download icon
to download the full PRD list as a csv file.
PROJECT MANAGER PRDThe Project Manager PRD is as follows:
The Project Manager is not able to make any changes to the layout or make any edits to the PRD items. Instead, the Project Manager's job is to validate each item PRD item and 'score' the team's ability to meet the requirement. The PRD is essentially fully controlled by the Product Manager with the exception of each item status.
Changing the PRD Item Status.1. In order to change a PRD item status, click on the item to enable the PRD Status sub-menu as follows:
2. Click on the required status icon in the sub menu.
Downloading a CSV file.1. Click on the download icon
to download the full PRD list as a csv file.
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