The Problem How It Works Who It's For
Log in Book a Demo
Intent by IntentWorks

Turn business intent into
execution-ready requirements

Intent helps analysts and delivery teams turn vague initiative ideas into structured scope, stories, and traceability — faster, with less rework.

Analyst-controlled · Full traceability · Delivery-ready outputs
Intent — Initiative Pipeline
Intent
Processes
Personas
4 Epics
5 Stories
6 NFRs
Requirements Baseline In Review
E-001 Must Approved
Streamline Customer Onboarding
3 personas 5 processes Size: L
E-002 Should Draft
Automate Approval Workflows
E-003 Should
Self-Service Reporting Portal

Discovery drags. Requirements vary. Delivery inherits the gap.

Most initiatives start as a vague brief and land in delivery as an underdefined backlog. The cost shows up later — in rework, scope drift, and misaligned delivery.

1

Discovery takes too long

Workshops, interviews, and iterations stretch the timeline before a single requirement is written. Scope stays fuzzy while delivery waits.

2

Quality depends on who's on the project

Requirements completeness, structure, and depth vary by analyst, team, and engagement. There is no consistent baseline across initiatives.

3

Initiatives start vague and get rushed to delivery

Business intent rarely gets structured before decomposition begins. Teams jump to tickets before the problem is properly understood.

4

Delivery teams inherit ambiguity

Engineers and product teams receive underdefined scope, then spend sprints resolving questions that should have been answered before build started.

A structured path from initiative brief to delivery baseline

Intent takes each initiative through a structured path from brief to delivery baseline. Every output is reviewable, editable, and traceable before it moves forward.

1

Capture the initiative brief

Define the business problem, desired outcome, scope, and success criteria in a structured brief.

2

Map the business footprint

Identify the current-state processes the initiative will change or impact, guided by industry context instead of starting from scratch.

3

Derive personas from workflows

Pull users and stakeholders from the process map — tied to real workflows, not assumed from a blank list.

4

Define scope through epics

Define the functional groups needed to close the gap between current state and desired outcome — scoped and prioritised.

5

Generate user stories and NFRs

Produce user stories with acceptance criteria, scoped per epic and written per persona. Non-functional requirements follow.

6

Review, approve, and export

Check traceability, refine with your team, and export a baseline your delivery team can plan against.

From initiative idea to delivery-ready baseline

Intent produces structured outputs your team can act on — not just content to review. Here is what leaves the platform.

Output 1

Clear scope before build starts

A structured initiative brief with the business problem, desired outcome, scope boundaries, and success criteria — agreed before decomposition begins.

Output 2

Process map and stakeholder picture

Current-state business processes and the real users and roles impacted — giving delivery a grounded view of what changes and who is affected.

Output 3

Structured requirements baseline

Scoped epics, user stories with acceptance criteria, and non-functional requirements — organised, prioritised, and traceable to the original brief.

Output 4

Full traceability across every output

Every story links to an epic, every epic to a process, every process to the initiative brief. Stakeholders can see where anything came from and why it is in scope.

Structured requirements intelligence. Not generic AI. Not manual discovery.

Your analysts stay in control

AI accelerates each step of the decomposition. Nothing advances without analyst review and approval. You own the output before it reaches delivery.

Traceable from intent to delivery

Every story ties back to a persona, every epic to a process, every process to the original brief. Coverage gaps are visible before handoff, not after.

Grounded in your industry

Processes, actors, systems, and compliance considerations come from real industry knowledge — not generic templates or blank-slate prompts.

Consistent across every engagement

The same structured framework runs every initiative. Quality does not depend on who is assigned. Teams and consulting practices get a repeatable standard.

Built for leaders who define what gets delivered

Intent is built for the people responsible for turning business intent into structured, deliverable scope across teams and initiatives.

Business Analysis Leaders

Standardise requirements quality across your team. Reduce the effort spent rebuilding structure from scratch on every initiative.

Delivery & PMO Leaders

Receive traceable, structured baselines instead of vague briefs. Plan sprints and releases against clearly scoped, prioritised requirements.

Transformation Teams

Move from strategic intent to a structured delivery scope faster. Give programme boards a clear picture of what is in scope and why, before build begins.

Consulting Firms

Standardise requirements delivery across clients and engagements. Reduce variability, speed up discovery phases, and strengthen your delivery brand.

See what structured requirements look like.

Book a walkthrough or review a sample baseline to see how Intent structures delivery-ready requirements.