You’ve learned a lot about writing effective client briefs, and I’m confident that you’re ready to start producing these documents on your own now. But I do want to make it clear that this is not the only way, but what I've presented will be effective. There are other ways to write client briefs, and your next boss may have something different in mind.
I’ve shown agile documentation consisting of a series of briefs - including the client brief, the design brief, and the project brief. I’ve also suggested that together these may function as a replacement for the old SRS document. Some project managers will follow this same philosophy. Others may want to see a client brief followed by an SRS. Still, others may wish to adhere to what they know and to use SRS documents exclusively.
Which documents you use to plan and develop a project are not the project itself. It’s the quality of the documentation that matters.
I find that using a series of briefs keeps the project on track much better than an SRS. Briefs provide a level of compartmentalization that you don’t get with the larger documents. You may agree with me, and you may not. That’s OK. Ultimately, I want you to write the best pieces of documentation you can, and to use them to drive your projects to successful completion.
Now it’s time to complete the final quiz. You’ve already done most of the work, so let’s see what you’ve learned about creating an effective client brief!
