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Business Requirements Document Template

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Barnes and Nobles
Project Name: Automated Book Depot Project

Version No. : 1.0

May,07,2013

Approved by:
George Penguin 05/07/2013
President and CEO
Sam Scholastic 05/07/2013
VP IT

Prepared by:
Meghana B. 05/05/2013
Business Analyst

Target Date: 06/25/2013

Table of Contents
Version Control 6
Revision History 6
RACI Chart for This Document 6
Codes Used in RACI Chart 6
RACI Chart 7
Executive Summary 7
Overview 7
Background 7
Objectives 7
Requirements 7
Proposed Strategy 7
Next Steps 8
Scope 8
Included in Scope 8
Excluded from Scope 8
Constraints 8
Impact of Proposed Changes 8
Risk Analysis 9

Revision History
Version # Date Authorization Responsibility (Author) Description
1.0 05/07/2013 George Penguin,
President and CEO Meghana, BA BRD Created

RACI Chart for This Document
The following describes the full list of codes used in the table:
Codes Used in RACI Chart
* Authorize Has ultimate signing authority for any changes to the document.
R Responsible Responsible for creating this document.
A Accountable Accountable for accuracy of this document (for example, the project manager)
S Supports Provides supporting services in the production of this document
C Consulted Provides input (such as an interviewee).
I Informed Must be informed of any changes.
RACI Chart
Name Position * R A S C I
Meghana Business Analyst R A S I
George Penguin President and CEO * I
Sam scholastic VP IT R A S C I
Nicky Noble VP Facilities A S C I
Alex Amazon VP HR S C
Danny Doubleday VP Marketing C
Ronnie Yates VP Finance S
Barbara Barnes VP Operations R A S C I

Executive Summary and Overview
Barnes and Nobles Book Depot, has decided to add a strategic project to complement their existing bookstore capabilities and the web site www.BarnesandNobles.com.
To stay ahead in the competition,

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