---
id: 2215
title: "The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Your Program Brief"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/the-dos-and-donts-of-writing-your-program-brief/"
published_at: "2019-05-15T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "best-practices", "scope", "program-management", "rewards", "program-brief"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2215"
lang: en
---

# The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Your Program Brief

## Summary

A program brief is the contract between a bounty and its hackers. Bugcrowd walks through scope, expectations, rewards, and prioritization, warning narrow scopes create gaps and deter researchers.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2019-05-15T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/the-dos-and-donts-of-writing-your-program-brief/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2215