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Product Requirements Documents bridge user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility. Vespper helps you draft PRDs that connect every requirement to its source — user research, technical constraints, or business objectives.

1. Requirements Documentation Standards

Product requirements must be documented following established engineering standards to ensure completeness, consistency, and testability.

IEEE 29148:2018

  • Requirements engineering — lifecycle processes and documentation standards
  • Requirement characteristics: necessary, unambiguous, measurable, achievable, verifiable, traceable
  • Requirements specification document structure and content guidelines

User Story and Acceptance Criteria

  • INVEST criteria for well-formed user stories (Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable)
  • Gherkin syntax (Given/When/Then) for behavior-driven acceptance criteria
  • Definition of done standards linking requirements to test cases
Impact on documentation
  • Ambiguous requirements are the leading cause of development rework and scope disputes
  • Requirements without acceptance criteria cannot be objectively verified as complete

2. Regulatory Requirements Integration

Products subject to regulatory requirements must incorporate compliance needs into product requirements early in the development cycle.

Accessibility and Privacy by Design

  • WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 accessibility requirements for digital products
  • GDPR Article 25 data protection by design and by default requirements
  • EU Accessibility Act requirements for products and services

Security Requirements

  • OWASP ASVS (Application Security Verification Standard) requirements integration
  • NIST SP 800-53 security control requirements for federal systems
  • EU Cyber Resilience Act requirements for connected products
Impact on documentation
  • Regulatory requirements discovered late in development create costly rework and launch delays
  • Privacy by design requirements must be documented at the PRD stage — retrofitting is significantly more expensive

3. Product Safety & Compliance

Connected and physical products must address safety and market access requirements in their product requirements.

Market Access Requirements

  • CE marking requirements for products sold in the European Economic Area
  • FCC Part 15 compliance for wireless-enabled products
  • Consumer product safety documentation for CPSC-regulated products
Impact on documentation
  • Missing compliance requirements in the PRD lead to product redesign after certification testing fails
  • Safety requirements not captured at the PRD stage create liability exposure in the final product

4. Traceability & Verification

Requirements must be traceable from source through implementation to verification to manage scope and demonstrate completeness.

Requirements Traceability

  • Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) linking user needs to requirements to test cases
  • Bidirectional traceability enabling impact analysis when requirements change
  • Verification and validation planning tied to specific requirements
  • Change impact analysis documentation for requirement modifications
Impact on documentation
  • Missing traceability makes it impossible to verify that all requirements are implemented and tested
  • Requirements changes without documented impact analysis propagate defects through the system

What happens when documentation falls short

  • Product development delays from ambiguous or incomplete requirements
  • Compliance failures discovered late in development cycle requiring costly rework
  • Feature scope disputes from unclear acceptance criteria
  • Regulatory launch delays from unaddressed compliance requirements
  • Costly rework from untraced requirement changes propagating through implementation

What this means for your team

Requirements documented following IEEE 29148 completeness and quality criteria
Regulatory and compliance requirements identified and integrated at PRD stage
Acceptance criteria defined for every functional requirement
Requirements traceability matrix maintained from user needs through test cases
Accessibility and security requirements specified per applicable standards
Change management process tracks requirement modifications with impact analysis

How Vespper helps with PRDs

Multi-source synthesis

Upload user research, customer feedback, competitive analysis, and technical specs. Vespper synthesizes requirements from all sources.

Requirement-to-source traceability

Every requirement in your PRD links to the user research finding, customer request, or business objective that drives it.

Structured PRD output

Generate PRDs with consistent structure: problem statement, user stories, requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical considerations.

Collaborative revision

Share PRDs with stakeholders, incorporate feedback with AI assistance, and track every revision with full context.

Generate your PRD in 3 steps

1

Upload research and context

Connect user research, customer feedback, competitive analysis, technical constraints, and design documents.

2

Generate PRD draft

Vespper drafts your PRD with requirements traced to user needs, organized by feature area with acceptance criteria.

3

Iterate with stakeholders

Review with engineering and design, incorporate feedback, track changes, and finalize for sprint planning.

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