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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page

XX SITE (SOBR)............................................................... ..........................1

1. STATEMENT OF BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS ....................................2

1.1. Scope of SoBR .......................................................................................................2
1.2. Business Objectives................................................................................................2
1.3. Constraints, Assumptions, Dependencies and Risks..............................................2
1.4. Detailed Business Requirements ...........................................................................4
1.5. Process Flow High-Level Business Process Impact(s) (As Required)...................4
1.6. Business Use Case (As Required)..........................................................................6
1.7. Business Rules (As Required)................................................................................7
1.8. Data Integrity Requirements (As Required)............................................................7
1.9. Non-Functional Requirements (If Applicable)..........................................................8

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................9

1.10. Functional Requirements (Provided by Development).........................................9

2. ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................10
2.1. Contact List............................................................................................................10
2.2. Glossary.................................................................................................................10
2.3. Appendices............................................................................................................10
2.4. Exhibits..................................................................................................................10

3. DOCUMENT ORGANIZATIONAL SIGNOFFS.......................................12

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INTRODUCTION
The Statement of Business Requirements (SoBR) template is intended for use by the business/project
sponsor and internal IT business analyst. It is intended to capture relevant business objectives and
requirements salient to the project or program to be developed. Large, complex, or integrated projects
and programs may require additional information or sections which can be added to the SoBR as
needed. Specifically, this document is intended to:

• Establish the Prioritized Business Objectives.

• Articulate Prioritized Business Requirements.
• Establish existing / as-is business process flows and business use cases (on an as needed
basis).
• Inclusion of process flows and use cases will be determined through a combination of sponsor
and program needs. The inclusion of either item is a decision that will be made by the Business
Analyst, based on sponsor needs or requirements, in addition to inputs from the Program or
Project Manager.
• Document constraints, assumptions, dependencies and risks.
• Provide the functional requirements from IT Development based upon and tied to the Business
Requirements from the sponsor/client

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1. Statement of Business Requirements

1.1. Scope of SoBR
The Scope of this project is to redesign the current About You U.S. site and the International
Landing page & Money vertical.

1.2. Business Objectives

The Business Objectives section displays a list of business objectives that were requested in the
Sponsor Document /EPAS Customer Request (CR) and are being addressed in this document.

Priority
OBJ-ID Business Objective Description BREQ IDs
Number
OPRI-n OBJ-n BREQ-n, BREQ-n
OPRI-n

1.3. Constraints, Assumptions, Dependencies and Risks

1.3.1. Constraints – This section identifies constraints that apply to the Customer Request (CR). It
includes restrictions or limitations, either internal or external to the project or company
organizations (i.e. sales, provisioning, field operations, financial, order entry, etc.) that will affect
the performance of the project or program. Constraints inhibit or hinder action; restrict the
freedom in designing and delivering a solution. Requirements are not included in this section as
they are covered in section 1.4.
Constraint ID Constraint Description
CONS-1 Completion of US + Int’l Your Toolkit (HR Toolbox and Manage Your Workforce) wireframes
based on date (TBD) agreed upon by IT and HR

1.3.2. Assumptions – This section identifies the critical assumptions that apply to the Customer
Request (CR). Assumptions are the conditions and factors of the project, environment, or
personnel that are considered true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration. These may
include best-guess decisions. Requirements are not included in this section as they are
covered in section 1.4.
Assumption
Assumption Description
ID
ASUM-1
ASUM-2

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ASUM-3

1.3.3. Dependencies – This section identifies the dependencies that apply to the Customer Request
(CR). Requirements are not included in this section as they are covered in section 1.4.
Dependency
Dependency Description
ID
DEP-n

1.3.4. Risks – This section identifies the outcome of the risk assessment that applies to the Customer
Request (CR) from a business perspective as opposed to delivery related risks that are captured
later in the Project Tracking Tool (PTT). A risk is an uncertain circumstance or event that, should
it occur, would have an adverse effect on the program/project’s objectives.

The essential elements of risks listed below include risks surrounding

tangible and intangible assets, asset value, threats, vulnerabilities,
safeguards, consequences and likelihood of threat. Business, regulatory,
legal, technology, trading partner and human resources risks should also
be considered.

Requirements are not included in this section as they are covered in the
next section.
Risk Description Risk Ranking
Risk ID
(Low/Medium/High)
Risk-n

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1.4. Detailed Business Requirements

The Detailed Business Requirements section provides proposed detailed business requirements.
This section could also contain reporting requirements, invoicing requirements and
legal/regulatory requirements.
Row BREQ-ID BREQ-ID Business Requirement Description
Priority
(High,
Medium,
Low)
1. BREQ-1
2. BREQ-2
3. BREQ-3
4. BREQ-4
5. BREQ-5
6. BREQ-6
7. BREQ-7
8. BREQ-8
9. BREQ-9
10. BREQ-10
11. BREQ-11
12. BREQ-12
13. BREQ-13
14. BREQ-14
15. BREQ-15
16. BREQ-16
17. BREQ-17
18. BREQ-18

1.5. Process Flow High-Level Business Process Impact(s) (As Required)

The High-Level Business Process Impacts section contains high-level business process flows
that identify the activities/sub-processes that are impacted, and which Use Cases depict the
impacts. Include a process flow illustration whenever possible.

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Process ID: BPROC-n

Process Title:
Related Objectives: OBJ-n, OBJ-n
Involved Organizations:
Business
Process High Level Business Process Description Use Case ID
Activity
UCASE-n or
Activity-n
blank

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1.6. Business Use Case (As Required)

The Business Use Case section provides proposed detailed use cases, as required. Inclusion of
Business Use Cases will be determined through a combination of Sponsor and Program needs.
The inclusion is a decision that will be made based on sponsor needs or requirements, in
addition to inputs from the Program or Project Manager.
The Business Use Case section may be repeated as many times as necessary to service all
impacted Business Processes.

Use Case ID: UCASE-n

Business
Processes BPROC-n, BPROC-n
Serviced:
Use Case Data
Use Case Data Description
Type
Summary:
Primary Actors:
Secondary
Actors:
Related Use
Cases:
References:
Primary Flow of Events
BREQ ID
Sequence Event Description
BREQ ID PRIORITY BRULE ID
Preconditions:
Assign for Assign for
Step n
new reqs new rules
Post
Conditions:
Alternative Flow of Events
BREQ ID
Sequence Event Description BRULE ID
BREQ ID PRIORITY
Preconditions:
Assign for Assign for
Step n
new reqs new rules
Post
Conditions:

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1.7. Business Rules (As Required)

The Business Rules section contains the business rules for successful fulfillment of the project
objectives outlined in the SoBR.

Business
New Business Rule Description Use Case IDs Requirement Source
Rule ID
BRULE-1 UCASE-n, Functional Area:
UCASE-n
POC:

1.8. Data Integrity Requirements (As Required)

Provide detailed requirements that address data integrity issues. Include migration, capacity
planning, security, and conversion considerations as applicable.

Data Integrity
Requirement Data Integrity Requirement Description Requirement Source
ID
DIREQ-n Functional Area:
POC:

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1.9. Non-Functional Requirements (If Applicable)

The Non-Functional Requirements section describes the non-functional requirements, which
include requirements related to response time, number of users, service level agreements
(SLAs), number of transactions, general desktop, etc.

Non-
Functional
Non-Functional Requirement Description Requirement Source
Requirement
ID
NFREQ-n Functional Area:
POC:

1.9.1. Potential Project Revenues/Expenses – This section identifies the potential annual revenue
and/or potential expense reduction associated to the project being requested by the
sponsor/client. List the possible benefits in the form of cost efficiencies/cost avoidance. Also list
what the impact will be if this request is not implemented. This information should be available
from the Original Project Request.

1.9.2. Number of customers impacted (if applicable) – This section identifies the number of
customers impacted by the project. This information should be available from the Original Project
Request.

1.9.3. End to End Testing – Identify if the business will participate and require end to end testing. This
information should be available from the Original Project Request.

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Functional Requirements
1.10. Functional Requirements (Provided by Development)
A functional requirements specification describes what is required to meet the users'
business needs. Functional requirements specify which actions the design must provide in
order to benefit the system's users. Functional requirements capture the intended use and
behavior of the system and are based upon the needs, user, and task analysis of the current
system. The functional requirements tie directly back to the detailed business requirements
stated in section 1.4 of this document. For traceability, the business requirements ID (BREQ-
ID) and the functional requirements ID (FREQ-ID) must be included in the matrix below to
demonstrate a clear linkage(s) between the functional requirement(s) and the business
requirement(s).
Row BREQ- FREQ- FREQ-ID Functional Requirement Obj-ID
ID ID Priority Description
(High, Priority
Medium,
Low)
1 BREQ-n FREQ-n OBJ-n OPRI-n
.
2
.
3
.
4
.
5
.

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2. Administration
2.1. Contact List
The Project Contributors/Contacts section lists all of the participants that assisted in the
production of the document.

Name Email Address Organization Location Phone

Number

2.2. Glossary
The Glossary contains an alphabetical list of key terms, acronyms, definitions, used in this
document which are not commonly used in the MCI business environment or would help the
reader understand the contents of this document.

Acronym Key Terms Definition

2.3. Appendices
The Appendices section records optional, text-based documentation, which may be included
for clarity.

Document Name Version Date Location (i.e. web site)

2.4. Exhibits

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The Exhibits section contains tangible items, such as diagrams, with the name of the author,
exhibit date, and location.

Exhibit Name Author Date Location (i.e. web site)

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3. Document Organizational Signoffs

The Document Organizational Signoffs section contains official signoffs of the responsible
Organization(s). There must be a signoff from the sponsoring organization who submitted
the original Statement of Business Requirements (SoBR). Signoff by the sponsoring
organization project manager is required as well as POCs of the other impacted functional
areas.

Document Organizational Signoffs

Name of Person Sponsor Group Date

Name of Person Functional Area Date

Name of Person Functional Area Date

Name of Person Functional Area Date

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