What's the big picture? What's going on in the market? Anything happening on the client side that the creative team should know about? Any opportunities or problems in the market?
This is where you introduce the project to the creative team. You'll go over this again in the briefing session, but write it down as well.
Example: P&G, is launching a new line of household cleaning products under the brand name, "O Earth". The marketing problem is the rapid rise of brands like Method that are capturing a younger market. Our business goal, therefore, is to create a product line that will appeal to this generation of new consumers.
Our creative team has been assigned the lead product, "O Earth laundry detergent." This is a rare opportunity to build a new brand from scratch.