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Projects

⏱️ At a Glance A Project is how you turn an idea into a working application in DeX. Fill in a 5-step brief (name → problem → solution → tech stack → review), click Generate, and DeX's AI writes your BRD, SRD, and FSD for you — no one hand-writes a requirements doc from scratch.

The Projects section in DeX is where ideas become structured, AI-generated delivery packages. Every project you create passes through a guided five-step brief that feeds DeX's AI engine — producing requirement documents, architecture specs, sprint plans, and tasks automatically, without anyone hand-writing a BRD from scratch.

💡 A well-filled project brief is the foundation for high-quality AI-generated documentation. The time you invest in Steps 1–4 directly determines the quality of everything DeX generates downstream — from the BRD all the way to the deployed application.

Why This Matters​

Most teams lose days translating a rough idea — "we need an app for X" — into something a developer can actually build from. DeX collapses that translation work into a structured intake flow. You describe the problem and the shape of the solution in plain language; DeX's AI Document Compilation Engine turns that into:

  • A Business Requirement Document (BRD)
  • A Software Requirement Document (SRD)
  • A Functional Specification Document (FSD)
  • A Development Plan and Task Breakdown
  • A buildable, deployable application

This page covers how a project gets created. Each subsequent page in this section covers one stage of that journey in depth, using a single running example — Contractor Sync — so you can see how a real, vague problem becomes a finished application.

Before You Start: Prerequisites​

Before creating a project, make sure you have:

Prerequisite Why It Matters
A signed-in DeX account See Sign-In & Login.
A clear one-paragraph problem statement Even a rough draft speeds up Step 2 significantly.
Knowledge of your target users Who experiences the problem? Who will use the solution?
A general sense of your tech preferences (optional) You can let DeX recommend a stack, or specify one if your org has constraints.
Project Category in mind E.g., Developer Tools & SaaS, FinTech, Workforce Management. This shapes AI architecture suggestions.

⚠️ You don't need final answers for everything above — DeX's brief is designed to be filled in conversationally. But arriving with at least a rough problem statement will save you a full revision cycle later.

For the full prerequisite checklist and walkthrough of the creation screen itself, see Create Project.

How to Create a Project​

You can start a new project from two places:

  • Click "Create Project" from the Dashboard top bar, or
  • Click "+ Projects" from the left menu panel

Both routes take you to the Create New Project workspace — a guided five-step flow that transforms your idea into structured requirements and delivery plans using AI.

The Five Steps​

Step Name Purpose Documentation
1 Overview Name and categorize the project Create Project
2 Problem Define the business pain points Problem Definition
3 Solution Describe what you're building Solution Design
4 Implementation Specify your technical stack Solution Design
5 Review Confirm all inputs before AI generation Review & Generate

📊 The right-side panel throughout this flow shows real-time progress indicators — completion percentage, brief quality score, and a preview of outputs that will be generated (BRD, SRD, FSD).

Running Example: Contractor Sync​

Throughout this section, we'll follow one real project end-to-end: Contractor Sync.

The problem: A facilities services company managed cleaner attendance manually — supervisors tracked who clocked in and out of client sites using phone calls and spreadsheets. This created constant data-entry overhead, disputes over hours worked, and no reliable way to confirm a cleaner was physically present at the correct site.

The solution built on DeX: Contractor Sync — a mobile sign-in/sign-out application for cleaners, with geofencing (so a clock-in is only accepted within a defined radius of the job site) and facial verification (so the system confirms the person clocking in is the assigned cleaner, not a colleague signing in on their behalf).

We'll revisit Contractor Sync at every stage — Problem, Solution, Review, BRD, FSD, Code, QA, and Deployment — so you can see exactly what real inputs and real AI outputs look like at each step.

What Happens After You Click "Generate Documentation"?​

Once your five-step brief is complete and you click Generate Documentation, DeX launches the AI Document Compilation Engine. The system processes all your inputs and begins synthesizing:

  • ✅ Business Requirement Document (BRD)
  • ✅ Software Requirement Document (SRD)
  • ✅ Functional Specification Document (FSD)

You'll see a "Synthesizing Project" status while the AI works. Depending on project complexity, this typically takes a few moments.

Once complete, you're automatically moved to Stage 2 — Specification inside Active Projects, where you can preview, edit, download, or regenerate each document.

Where to Go Next​