Interactive tool

Build a useful website brief.

Describe the task, audience and intended outcome. Review and edit the result, then copy or download your notes. Nothing is sent.

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Create your local brief

A website address is optional. The tool supports a new build, a one-off task or defined ongoing support.

Local planning only. No accounts, messages, payments or submission. Please leave out credentials and private personal records.

Five short steps. Questions remain readable without JavaScript.

1. The project and its audienceWhat kind of website job?Who should the website help? Audience is explicitly Unknown for nowWhat should a visitor be able to do? Primary task is explicitly Unknown for now

2. Pages and their jobs

Start with essential pages. Leave uncertain facts blank; they will remain Unknown in the output.

Maximum 40. Use Move up/down to reorder with a keyboard.

3. Content, assets and connectionsWhat content or rights-cleared assets are available?Constraints and things outside the intended scope

List features without credentials or private records. A selected integration is a planning input, not a claim of compatibility.

Maximum 20. Use Move up/down to reorder with a keyboard.

4. Website and ownershipExisting website URL (optional)

HTTP(S) only. The tool never fetches this address. Avoid query strings containing tokens.

Who will review the work? Use a role, not personal contact details.

Account owners, access roles, licenses and renewal responsibility remain separate questions for the handover.

5. Timing and open decisionsRequested target date (optional)How fixed is that timing?Optional planning-budget note

Your own planning text only. It is not used to estimate a Happy to Handle price.

Plan the repeated records on paperFor each of up to 40 pages: label, customer question/purpose, content owner role and Ready/Draft/Missing/Unknown status. For each of up to 20 features: description, optional integration name and Known/Unknown access status. Keep uncertain answers explicit; credentials are not needed.All questions above are available to read. JavaScript is needed to assemble and export a local plan. Nothing is submitted.

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Keep it practical and non-sensitive

Write what visitors need to do, what exists today and what would make the project useful. Include a real constraint if it changes the scope. Leave out credentials, private customer records and payment information.

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Check the responsibilities before sharing

Add who will supply content and approve it, which accounts exist and what the handover needs to include. The checklist helps you spot missing decisions without committing to a platform or purchase.

After using the ungated planning output: Discuss the website scope

For a different preparation task: Choose a different planning output

A practical website project checklist

Build a useful website brief.

Create your local brief

Your local plan

Keep it practical and non-sensitive

Check the responsibilities before sharing