Requirements Management

Requirements Gathering and Prioritization

• Establish a unified channel for collecting requirements — avoid requirements flooding in from various sources
• Use a priority matrix to evaluate requirements: Impact × Urgency
• Maintain the Backlog with product, regularly grooming and prioritizing
• For requirements that won't be done, document the reasoning

PRD Standards

• A PRD should include: Background, Goals, User Scenarios, Feature Description, Acceptance Criteria
• PRDs are reviewed before development to ensure the team has a shared understanding
• Technical review follows the PRD review — evaluate the technical approach and effort
• PRDs are living documents — update them promptly when issues are discovered during development

Technical Design Review

• Complex features require a technical design document
• Invite relevant team members to participate in the design review
• Review focus: Architecture soundness, extensibility, risk areas, effort estimation
• Record review conclusions and decisions in the document

Change Management

• Requirement changes go through a formal process — evaluate impact before deciding
• Communicate timeline impacts of changes transparently to stakeholders
• If changes are frequent, reflect on whether the requirements phase was insufficient
• Reasonable changes are normal — the key is managing their impact well