How to Write a Requirements Page in Confluence (Product Requirements Template)
Write a requirements page in Confluence with the built-in Product requirements template: objective, success metrics, a requirements table with user stories, and what is out of scope.
Step by step
The template
- Requirements page. A requirements page is where a business analyst writes down what the team will build, and why. Confluence has a template for it. Let me fill one in.
- Product requirements. In the template gallery, pick product requirements. It already has the sections you need.
- Use template. Click use template. Close the template panel on the right, to get more room.
Fill it in
- A clear title. Give the page a title that names the feature. Wish list requirements. Press enter to go into the page.
- Objective. Start with the objective. Why are we building this? Here, more shoppers coming back to buy.
- Success metric. Then how you will measure success. A goal, and a number you can check later.
Requirements
- The requirement. Now the requirements table. One row per requirement, written as what the system must do.
- The user story. Next to it, the user story. As a shopper, I want to save a product, so that I can buy it later.
- Out of scope. And say what is out of scope. It stops arguments later. Sharing a wish list is for another release.
Publish
- Publish. When it is ready for review, click publish. Confluence shows where the page will live: in the project space. Click publish.
- Published. The page is live in the project space, for the team to read and comment on.
Recap
- Why, measure, what. So, use the product requirements template. Write the objective, a measurable goal, one row per requirement with its user story, and what is out of scope. Subscribe for more Confluence tips for business analysts.
