What are Project Requirements?
Project requirements are defined set of conditions, capabilities, and deliverables a project must meet to be considered successful. They could be broad objectives or goals of a campaign or initiative, but they could also be capabilities and features a product needs to meet.
This means they can be either:
- Functional requirements – Which include all the things or tasks that a tool, app or system needs to be able to do or deliver. For example, a functional requirement of a client management tool might be to turn an estimate into an invoice.
- Non-functional – Which are focused on qualitative aspects of a project or product. For example, a non-functional requirement of a client management tool could be to have a user-friendly interface.
As much as project requirements guide what needs to be done, they also play a vital role in informing the team and stakeholders what is not included in the project.
