# Research brief — blank working template

This is a briefing document, not an agreed scope or quotation.

## Decision to inform
[What must the team decide, and why now?]

## Audience and task
[Who needs to achieve what, in which context?]

## Service, website or prototype
[Public URL or safe description; do not include credentials.]

## Existing evidence and uncertainty
[Describe what is available without copying participant records.]

## Method to discuss
[State a preference or leave open; let the question determine the method.]

## Timing and procurement
[Decision date, milestones, tender reference and supplier conditions.]

## Recruitment, access and inclusion
[Participant criteria, responsibilities, technologies and access requirements.]

## Outputs and exclusions to agree
[Evidence record, synthesis, recommendations, walkthrough, retest, other outputs.]

## Confirm in the proposal
- Named delivery responsibilities and capacity
- Recruitment, incentives and recording permissions
- Evidence sharing, retention and deletion arrangements
- Cost basis, milestones and change control
- Whether retesting is included
- Implementation is separate

Do not include sensitive information in an initial enquiry. Prepared for the Usability.ie private design study, 24 September 2026.