PRD Creation - Business Before Technical

Foundational Principle

Business requirements (WHAT/WHY) must be fully defined before technical decisions (HOW/WHERE).

Mixing business and technical concerns creates:

• Requirements that serve implementation convenience, not user needs
• Technical constraints that limit product vision
• Inability to evaluate alternatives objectively
• Cascade failures when requirements change

The PRD answers: WHAT we're building and WHY it matters to users and business. The PRD never answers: HOW we'll build it or WHERE components will live.

Mandatory Workflow