Dashboard Request Brief Template

Data teams that build every dashboard requested end up with dashboards nobody opens. This template gives analysts and BI leads a structured intake brief that slows down stakeholders just enough to make sure they understand their own need before the analyst starts building.\n\nEvery request must pass a three-question quality gate: What is the objective? What specific decision does this enable? If the dashboard shows X, what will you do? A request that can't answer these three questions gets returned before any SQL is written.\n\nThe Request Pipeline kanban tracks the full queue from Under Review through Shipped and Deprecated. The Brief Rejected — Objective Unclear status is a first-class positive outcome — it means the intake process is working.\n\nBuilt for staff data analysts, analytics leads, and BI team leads managing 15+ dashboard requests per quarter.