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-# Tickets: 
-Please link your PR with related jira tickets
+# Tickets
+Please link related JIRA tickets with your PR for tracking.
 
-# Description:
-Short description of issue/problem this PR is solving.
+# Description
 
-# QA Steps: 
-How to test this PR locally
+Please include a summary of the changes and the related issue. Please also include relevant motivation and context. This will help PR reviewrs   
+
+
+## Type of change
+
+Please delete options that are not relevant.
+
+- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
+- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
+- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
+- [ ] This change requires a documentation update
+
+# How Has This Been Tested?
+
+Please describe the tests that we can ran to verify your changes. Provide instructions so we can reproduce locally. Please also list any relevant details for your test configuration
+
+- [ ] Test A
+- [ ] Test B
+
+# Checklist:
+
+- My code follows the style guidelines of this project
+- I have performed a self-review of my code
+- I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
+- I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
+- My changes generate no new warnings
+- I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
+- New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
+- Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules