Generated by @requirements agent | 2026-03-11
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Project Name | nordic-fresh-foods (FreshConnect MVP) |
| Project Type | Full-Stack N-Tier Web Application |
| Timeline | March 2026 → June 2026 (3 months to peak season) |
| Primary Stakeholder | CTO, Nordic Fresh Foods |
| Business Context | Cloud-based farm-to-table ordering platform connecting organic farmers with restaurants and consumers in Scandinavia. |
| IaC Tool | Bicep |
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Industry / Vertical | Food & Agriculture |
| Company Size | Startup / Small (1-50 employees) |
| Current State | Greenfield — no existing cloud infrastructure (spreadsheets, WordPress, manual processes) |
| Migration Source | N/A (greenfield) |
| Business Drivers | Modernize operations before peak season; eliminate order errors (~8% loss); enable real-time inventory and delivery ops |
| Success Criteria | Reduce order errors to <1%, real-time inventory visibility, automated delivery routing, restaurant order tracking portal |
flowchart LR
A["🏢 Current State<br/>Spreadsheets + WordPress + Manual Processes"] -->|"Greenfield Build"| B["☁️ Desired State<br/>FreshConnect Cloud Platform on Azure"]
B --> C["✅ Success Criteria<br/>< 1% order errors, real-time inventory, automated routing"]
| # | Capability | Priority | Acceptance Criteria |
|---|
| 1 | Web-based order management | 🔴 Must | Orders from web portal accepted, validated, and stored with <1% error rate |
| 2 | Real-time inventory from farms | 🔴 Must | Farmer stock levels reflected within 5 min; overselling blocked automatically |
| 3 | Delivery route optimization | 🔴 Must | Routes generated automatically; reduce wasted driver trips by >50% |
| 4 | Restaurant order tracking | 🔴 Must | Restaurants can view order status and ETA in real time via web portal |
| 5 | Consumer order placement | 🟡 Should | Consumers can browse and order produce via web portal |
| 6 | Analytics dashboard | 🟡 Should | Business reports showing order volume, revenue trends, delivery performance |
| 7 | Mobile app API support | 🟢 Could | REST API endpoints designed to support future mobile app |
| 8 | Seasonal auto-scaling | 🔴 Must | Platform handles 3× order volume during summer and December without degradation |
| User Type | Description | Est. Count | Access Level |
|---|
| Restaurant Staff | Place orders, track deliveries, view menu | 500+ | Contributor |
| Consumer | Browse products, place orders | 10,000 | Reader |
| Farm Operator | Update inventory, confirm produce readiness | 50-100 | Contributor |
| Delivery Driver | View routes, confirm pickups/deliveries | 20-50 | Reader |
| Operations Admin | Manage platform, view analytics, configure | 5-10 | Admin |
| System | Direction | Protocol | Auth Method | SLA | EU Data Residency Required |
|---|
| Payment Gateway | Outbound | REST | API Key | 99.9% | Yes — PII/payment tokens |
| Mapping/Routing API | Outbound | REST | API Key | 99.5% | Yes — address data |
| Email/SMS Notifications | Outbound | REST | API Key | 99.0% | Yes — PII (names, emails) |
| Farm Inventory API | Inbound | REST | OAuth 2.0 | 99.0% | Yes — supply chain data |
| Social Identity Providers | Outbound | OIDC | OAuth 2.0 | 99.9% | Yes — PII (email, profile) |
[!IMPORTANT]
All external processors handling EU personal data MUST store and process
data within the EU, or operate under an approved GDPR transfer mechanism
(e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses). The Architect must validate processor
compliance during Step 2.
| Category | Sensitivity | Est. Volume | Retention | Residency |
|---|
| Customer PII | 🔴 High | 10K+ records | 3 years | EU only |
| Payment tokens | 🔴 High | 1K+ daily | Per PCI | EU only |
| Order data | 🟡 Medium | 500+ orders/day | 2 years | EU only |
| Inventory levels | 🟢 Low | Updated hourly | 90 days | EU only |
| Delivery route data | 🟡 Medium | 50+ routes/day | 1 year | EU only |
| Analytics/aggregates | 🟢 Low | Derived daily | 2 years | EU |
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Workload Pattern | N-Tier Web Application |
| Recommended Option | App Service + Azure SQL + Key Vault + Application Insights + Storage Account (SKUs to be sized in Step 2) |
| Tier | Cost-Optimized |
| Justification | Startup budget (<€1K/month), <100 concurrent users at MVP launch, greenfield build, Dev + Prod envs |
[!NOTE]
Step 1 intentionally avoids prescribing SKUs. Step 2 (Architecture) must
validate platform tiers against concurrency, autoscale, background processing,
caching, and seasonal 3× peak load requirements.
| WAF Pillar | Metric | Target | Current | Gap |
|---|
| 🔄 Reliability | SLA | 99.9% | N/A | Full build required |
| 🔄 Reliability | RTO | 24 hours | N/A | Relaxed — acceptable for MVP |
| 🔄 Reliability | RPO | 12 hours | N/A | Relaxed — acceptable for MVP |
| ⚡ Performance | Page Load | <3000 ms | N/A | Full build required |
| ⚡ Performance | API Response (p95) | <500 ms | N/A | Full build required |
| ⚡ Performance | Concurrent Users | <100 (peak) | N/A | Full build required |
| 🔒 Security | Auth Method | Entra External ID + Social | — | — |
| 🔒 Security | Encryption | At-rest + In-transit | — | — |
| 💰 Cost | Monthly Budget | <€1,000 | — | — |
| 🔧 Operations | Uptime Monitoring | Yes | — | — |
| Dimension | Current | 6-Month Projection | 12-Month Projection |
|---|
| Users | ~10,500 | ~20,000 | ~50,000 |
| Data Volume | ~5 GB | ~20 GB | ~50 GB |
| Transactions/day | ~500 orders | ~1,500 orders | ~3,000 orders |
| Requirement | Applicability | Notes |
|---|
| Cardholder data storage | No | Payment tokens only — PCI scope minimized via external gateway |
| Network segmentation | Yes | Private endpoints for data services |
| Encryption requirements | Yes | TLS 1.2+ in transit, platform-managed encryption at rest |
| Trust Principle | Applicability | Notes |
|---|
| Security | No | Not required for MVP |
| Availability | No | Not required for MVP |
| Confidentiality | No | Not required for MVP |
| Requirement | Applicability | Notes |
|---|
| PHI handling | No | No health data processed |
| BAA required | No | N/A |
| Audit logging | No | N/A |
| Requirement | Applicability | Notes |
|---|
| EU data subjects | Yes | All customers are EU residents (Scandinavia) |
| Data residency | Yes | All data must reside in EU regions (swedencentral primary) |
| Right to erasure | Yes | Must support GDPR Article 17 — customer data deletion |
| Control Area | Applicability | Notes |
|---|
| Access control | No | Not required for MVP |
| Asset management | No | Not required for MVP |
| Incident management | No | Not required for MVP |
| Requirement | Value |
|---|
| Primary Region | swedencentral |
| Data Sovereignty | EU-only (GDPR compliance) |
| Cross-region Replication | Not required (relaxed recovery objectives) |
| Boundary | Dev | Production |
|---|
| Identity tenant | Separate Entra config | Separate Entra config |
| Secrets (KV) | Dedicated Key Vault | Dedicated Key Vault |
| Data stores | Separate SQL + Storage | Separate SQL + Storage |
| Diagnostics | Separate Log Analytics | Separate Log Analytics |
| Budget alert | Separate budget scope | Separate budget scope |
| Network | Shared or separate VNet | Dedicated VNet + private endpoints |
| Requirement | Value |
|---|
| Identity Provider | Microsoft Entra External ID (consumers + restaurants) + Social providers |
| MFA Requirement | Conditional (required for admin users) |
| RBAC Model | Application-level (role per user type) |
[!NOTE]
Azure AD B2C is end-of-sale for new tenants since May 2025. Microsoft Entra
External ID is the successor for greenfield consumer-facing identity.
| Control | Required | Notes |
|---|
| Private endpoints | ✅ | For Azure SQL and Storage Account |
| VNet integration | ✅ | App Service VNet integration for SQL access |
| Public endpoints acceptable | ✅ | Web frontend and API (behind App Service) |
| WAF required | ❌ | Not required for MVP — compensating controls below |
| Control | Recommended | User Confirmed | Notes |
|---|
| Managed Identity | Yes | Yes | Prefer over keys for service-to-service |
| Private Endpoints | Yes | Yes | For Azure SQL and Storage Account |
| WAF | No | No | Not required for MVP — add post-launch |
| Key Vault for Secrets | Yes | Yes | Centralized secrets management |
| Diagnostic Settings | Yes | Yes | Application Insights + Log Analytics |
| TLS 1.2 Minimum | Yes | Yes | Always recommended — security baseline |
| Encryption at Rest | Yes | Yes | Platform-managed encryption |
| Network Isolation | Yes | Yes | VNet integration + private endpoints |
| Edge Rate Limiting | Yes | Yes | App Service built-in or API Management tier |
| API Throttling | Yes | Yes | Per-client rate limits on order/inventory APIs |
| Bot Protection | Yes | Yes | Basic bot detection on login and order endpoints |
[!NOTE]
The Azure Pricing MCP server generates detailed cost estimates during
architecture assessment (Step 2). Provide an approximate budget here.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| 💰 Monthly Budget | <€1,000/month (Azure platform only) |
| 📅 Annual Budget | ~€12,000 (Azure platform only) |
| 🚦 Limit Type | 🔴 Hard = startup runway constraints |
| 📊 Cost Model Pref | Consumption — pay only for what is used |
| Category | Monthly Envelope | Notes |
|---|
| Compute (App Service) | ~€200-400 | Web + API; must support autoscale in peak |
| Database (Azure SQL) | ~€150-250 | Orders, inventory, users |
| Identity (Entra Ext ID) | ~€50-100 | MAU-based pricing for consumers |
| Networking (PE + DNS) | ~€50-100 | Private endpoints, private DNS zones |
| Observability | ~€50-100 | Log Analytics ingestion + App Insights |
| Storage + Key Vault | ~€20-50 | Blobs, secrets, certificates |
| Total Azure | <€1,000 | Hard cap; Step 2 must validate feasibility |
| 3rd-party SaaS | Separate budget | Payment gateway, maps, email/SMS — not in cap |
[!IMPORTANT]
Step 2 must estimate both steady-state and peak-season (3×) costs, including
private networking overhead, log ingestion volume, and identity MAU charges.
Third-party SaaS costs are tracked separately but must be surfaced in the
cost estimate for total operational awareness.
| Priority | Selected | Impact |
|---|
| Minimize compute costs | ☑ | High |
| Prefer consumption-based pricing | ☑ | High |
| Reserved instances acceptable | ☐ | Low |
| Spot instances for non-critical | ☐ | Low |
| Capability | Required | Tool / Service | Notes |
|---|
| Application monitoring | ✅ | Application Insights | Request tracking, errors |
| Log aggregation | ✅ | Log Analytics | Centralized log workspace |
| Alert notifications | ✅ | Email | CTO and operations team |
| Custom dashboards | ❌ | — | Not required for MVP |
| Requirement | Value |
|---|
| Support Hours | Business hours (Stockholm CET) |
| On-call Requirement | No |
| Maintenance Windows | Weekends, 02:00-06:00 CET |
| Change Management | Team approval via GitHub PRs |
| Component | Backup Frequency | Retention | Recovery Method |
|---|
| Azure SQL Database | Daily | 30 days | Automated (PITR) |
| Storage Account | LRS replication | 30 days | Automated |
| App Configuration | IaC re-deploy | N/A | Bicep redeploy |
| Preference | Value | Justification |
|---|
| Primary Region | swedencentral | EU GDPR-compliant, closest to Stockholm |
| Failover Region | N/A | Not required — relaxed recovery objectives |
| Availability Zones | Not needed | Cost optimization — single zone sufficient |
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Complexity | standard |
| Criteria | 5+ resource types (App Service, SQL, KV, Storage, App Insights, VNet, Private Endpoints, Entra External ID, Log Analytics), multi-environment (Dev + Prod), GDPR + PCI-DSS compliance pressure |
| Rationale | Although an MVP, the workload involves PII, payment-scoped data, multiple external integrations, private networking, consumer-facing identity, and dual environments — exceeding the ≤3 resource / single-env threshold for simple classification |
| Aspect | Key Points |
|---|
| Critical Constraints | Budget <€1K/month (Azure only); 3-month timeline; EU data residency (GDPR) incl. external processors |
| Key Decisions | Bicep IaC; Cost-Optimized tier; N-Tier pattern; Entra External ID + social auth; Private endpoints; Dev + Prod envs |
| Open Risks | PCI-DSS scope depends on payment gateway integration; seasonal 3× scale needs SKU validation; edge security compensating controls need sizing |
| Recommended Pattern | N-Tier Web Application (App Service + SQL + KV + App Insights + Storage — SKUs per Step 2) |
| Budget Envelope | <€1,000/month (Azure platform; 3rd-party tracked separately) |
| Section | Status | Notes |
|---|
| Project Overview | ✅ | All fields populated |
| Functional Requirements | ✅ | 8 capabilities with priorities and acceptance criteria |
| NFRs | ✅ | WAF metrics, scalability projections defined |
| Compliance & Security | ✅ | GDPR + PCI-DSS scoped; security controls confirmed |
| Budget | ✅ | Hard limit <€1K/month; consumption model preferred |
| Operational Requirements | ✅ | Monitoring, alerting, backup defined for MVP scope |
[!NOTE]
📚 The following Microsoft Learn resources provide additional guidance.
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