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Provenance Requirements Template

adrian — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:14:00 GMT

A practical, copy/paste Provenance Requirements Template for business analysts, systems analysts, and product managers building AI-enabled features. Use it to specify “Why should I believe this?” as testable requirements: citations and sources, freshness SLAs, confidence/uncertainty behavior, conflict handling, “what changed” explanations, and audit export fields. Includes ready-to-fill tables and a minimum set of validation tests so provenance becomes shippable product behavior—not a vague guideline.

Guardrails Catalog Template (with Starter Examples)

adrian — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:59:00 GMT

A copy/paste Guardrails Catalog you can use to turn vague AI “be safe” guidance into testable Allowed / Not Allowed requirements. Includes a blank catalog table plus 10 starter guardrails written in acceptance-criteria style (forbidden actions, restricted data, safe defaults, refusal wording, and validation steps). Designed for business analysts, systems analysts, and product managers shipping AI-enabled features.

Business Analysis Plan - Template

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:12:00 GMT

Just like projects have a project management plan, business analysis should have a business analysis plan. The attached template is intended to help BAs in developing and documenting their BA planning activities in this template depending on the needs of the project.

Requirements Document Generation App (for iPad)

busyindc — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:24:00 GMT

The tool allows Business Analysts to gather and document and generate the Business Requirements Document in real time, and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Enjoy the free iPad app. just search for "Requirements Ninja" on iPad. I hope it makes requirements gathering a little bit more fun!

Requirements Approach Template

Transform VA — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 01:29:00 GMT

A Requirements Approach is a roadmap for the developing requirements for a project. The Roadmap should cover all phases of requirements development:

Planning - Develop a plan for gathering and communicating requirements.

Eliciting and Validating - Extract information to prepare to document the requirements.

Documenting - Collate, author, and publish requirements to stakeholders.

Approving - Secure acceptance of the requirements from the stakeholders.

Here is a template to get you started in your requirements approach journey.

Requirements Document Template by ModernAnalyst.com

vneytcheva — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:20:00 GMT

Requirements Document - an MS Word template with pre-set fonts, styles, chapter headers and guidelines.

Use Case Specification Template by ModernAnalyst.com

vneytcheva — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:04:00 GMT

Use Case Specification - an MS Word template with pre-set fonts, styles, chapter headers and guidelines.

Requirements Document Template for Software Development Projects

host — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:40:00 GMT

The goal of this template is to provide you with useful suggestions for the documentation of software requirements in a development project. If you already use or must use another - internal or industry-specific - type of document or template, we hope you will still find useful ideas inside this document. For folks who are already in the midst of an existing project this template may also be used as a checklist for various aspects of requirement documentation.

Requirements SL-07 - Template with Examples

adrian — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:20:00 GMT

Business Analysts, IT developers and consultants often ask for sample requirements specification as a starting point in their specific project. This document is such a specification. It is a template filled out with a complex example: requirements for an Electronic Health Record system (EHR).

Business Case Template by ModernAnalyst.com

adrian — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:04:00 GMT

Business Case Template - an MS Word template with pre-set fonts, styles, chapter headers and guidelines.

The goal of a business case document is to capture the rationale for starting a project or task.

Requirements Traceability Matrix

jennifercolburn — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:12:00 GMT

At a recent presentation I gave to Project Manager's regarding BA's, they were very interested in seeing a Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Tech Spec Traceability Matrix

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:02:00 GMT

I have attached the instructions for a Tech Spec Traceability Matrix.

Data Analysis for Business Analysts - Requirement Red Flags Template

adrian — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This template enables the business analysis to think about and discover red flags related to data-centric requirements.

The template is broken down using the various Data Management Functional Areas.

Feasibility Study Template by ModernAnalyst.com

adrian — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:36:00 GMT

Feasibility Study Template - an MS Word template with pre-set fonts, styles, chapter headers and guidelines.

The goal of a feasibility study document is to identify each of the solution options available and to rate the likelihood of each option to achieve the desired results/value.

Example: Requirements Pack - Passenger Movements

host — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:53:00 GMT

This is a sample System Requirements Specification document (SRS) for a "Passenger Movements" module which part of a system for a fictitious company.

Terms of Reference Template

host — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:31:00 GMT

Terms of reference document describes the purpose and structure of a project, committee, meeting, negotiation, etc. When used in relation to a project, the doc is also known as a project charter.

Business Case Methodology Template

host — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:02:00 GMT

This was created by the State of South Carolina and outlines a framework used to asses cost, benefits, and risks of proposed information technolog projects.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for use by agencies in developing a business case justification for Major, Enterprise and Multi-agency projects in this standard format.