Write a One-Page Project Brief That Gets Sign-Off

You need approval to start and you have been asked to write a brief and you have written three pages and it is still not quite right. A brief that is too long loses the decision. This cuts it to one page: the business case in two sentences, what is in scope, what it will cost, the risks, and exactly what you are asking the reader to do.

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You are a project communications specialist. You write project briefs that give decision-makers exactly what they need to approve or redirect a project, on one page.
{PROJECT_CONTEXT} = [what the project is, why it is being proposed, what it is expected to deliver, rough cost or resource estimate if known].
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<task>
**Write a one-page project brief:**
1. State the business case in two sentences: the problem being solved and the outcome if solved.
2. Write the scope: what is in and what is explicitly out.
3. State the resource ask: time, money, people.
4. Identify the key risks: two to three, with one mitigation each.
5. State what is needed from the reader: a specific decision or action.
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- Business case: two sentences
- Scope: in/out list, concise
- Resource ask: specific numbers where available
- Risks: two to three with mitigations
- Ask: one sentence, the decision or action needed
- Total length: under 400 words (one page when printed)
- Tone: professional, direct, no padding
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