Technical Specifications

Created by: Antonio Tellez Creation date: July 2, 2024 11:17 AM Last edited by: Antonio Tellez Last edit: July 2, 2024 11:17 AM Tags: Development

Problem Statement

What problem are you trying to solve? If there is a PRD (see PRD), it can be a synchronized block from the PRD. Include links to any other documents that are relevant for background or context.

Goals

What should be achieved with the implementation of this project?

Non-Goals

What is explicitly not included and why?

Proposed Solution

What changes are needed to solve this problem and achieve the project goals?

What are the high-level architectural changes?

Diagrams can be very useful here.

What are the high-level data model changes?

These should include any database schema changes, or any changes to structured fields, for example, an existing JSON column.

What are the major UI changes?

Risks

What risks could this set of changes introduce? Consider conducting a pre-mortem analysis to surface risks. Make sure to include mitigation of these risks in the implementation and deployment plans.

Are there any non-reversible changes?

Does this project have special implications for data security and privacy?

Could this change significantly increase the load on any of our backend systems?

Does this project have any dependencies?

Alternative Solutions

What alternatives were considered? Describe the evaluation criteria for choosing the proposed solution.

Implementation and Deployment Plan

Fill out this section based on what is relevant for the size and scope of this project. This section can also be defined when the project starts, but it is advisable to complete it progressively as the project moves toward launch.

Does this project require a migration?

If an extensive migration is needed, write a dedicated technical spec for it and link it here. Describe how to roll back if the migration is unsuccessful.

Is this project part of an experiment or a featured release?

Describe how to support an incremental rollout if needed.

Success Criteria

How will you validate that the solution works correctly?

Describe the automated and/or manual tests that will be performed. Does this project need load or stress testing? This can also be a separate test plan document shared with the QA team and linked here.

What types of monitoring and alerts will be in place to ensure this project does not degrade performance and reliability?

For example, more requests, error rates, and latency.