diff --git a/internal/apply/apply.go b/internal/apply/apply.go
index 33cc2c778..382b14b46 100644
--- a/internal/apply/apply.go
+++ b/internal/apply/apply.go
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ func applyAll(dir string, projectConfig projectconfig.ZeroProjectConfig, applyEn
 // promptEnvironments Prompts the user for the environments to apply against and returns a slice of strings representing the environments
 func promptEnvironments() []string {
 	items := map[string][]string{
-		"Staging ":                    {"staging"},
-		"Production":                  {"production"},
-		"Both Staging and Production": {"staging", "production"},
+		"Staging ":                    {"stage"},
+		"Production":                  {"prod"},
+		"Both Staging and Production": {"stage", "prod"},
 	}
 
 	var labels []string
diff --git a/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go b/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go
index 2368c75d8..132ac3466 100644
--- a/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go
+++ b/internal/config/moduleconfig/module_config.go
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@ type ModuleConfig struct {
 }
 
 type Parameter struct {
-	Field   string
-	Label   string   `yaml:"label,omitempty"`
-	Options []string `yaml:"options,omitempty"`
-	Execute string   `yaml:"execute,omitempty"`
-	Value   string   `yaml:"value,omitempty"`
-	Default string   `yaml:"default,omitempty"`
-	Info    string   `yaml:"info,omitempty"`
+	Field           string
+	Label           string   `yaml:"label,omitempty"`
+	Options         []string `yaml:"options,omitempty"`
+	Execute         string   `yaml:"execute,omitempty"`
+	Value           string   `yaml:"value,omitempty"`
+	Default         string   `yaml:"default,omitempty"`
+	Info            string   `yaml:"info,omitempty"`
+	FieldValidation Validate `yaml:"fieldValidation,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Validate struct {
+	Type         string `yaml:"type,omitempty"`
+	Value        string `yaml:"value,omitempty"`
+	ErrorMessage string `yaml:"errorMessage,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type TemplateConfig struct {
diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 907ad9f60..988474359 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ const (
 	ZeroHomeDirectory  = ".zero"
 	IgnoredPaths       = "(?i)zero.module.yml|.git/"
 	TemplateExtn       = ".tmpl"
+
+	// prompt constants
+
+	MaxPnameLength     = 16
+	RegexValidation    = "regex"
+	FunctionValidation = "function"
 )
diff --git a/internal/init/init.go b/internal/init/init.go
index d5884b1bb..c69552948 100644
--- a/internal/init/init.go
+++ b/internal/init/init.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func getProjectNamePrompt() PromptHandler {
 			Default: "",
 		},
 		Condition: NoCondition,
-		Validate:  NoValidation,
+		Validate:  ValidateProjectName,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/init/prompts.go b/internal/init/prompts.go
index a5fb56103..018375c87 100644
--- a/internal/init/prompts.go
+++ b/internal/init/prompts.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/commitdev/zero/internal/config/globalconfig"
 	"github.com/commitdev/zero/internal/config/moduleconfig"
+	"github.com/commitdev/zero/internal/constants"
 	"github.com/commitdev/zero/internal/util"
 	"github.com/commitdev/zero/pkg/credentials"
 	"github.com/commitdev/zero/pkg/util/exit"
@@ -88,7 +89,20 @@ func ValidateSAK(input string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// TODO: validation / allow prompt retry ...etc
+// ValidateProjectName validates Project Name field user input.
+func ValidateProjectName(input string) error {
+	// the first 62 char out of base64 and -
+	var pName = regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,16}$`)
+	if !pName.MatchString(input) {
+		// error if char len is greater than 16
+		if len(input) > constants.MaxPnameLength {
+			return errors.New("Invalid, Project Name: (cannot exceed a max length of 16)")
+		}
+		return errors.New("Invalid, Project Name: (can only contain alphanumeric chars & '-')")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (p PromptHandler) GetParam(projectParams map[string]string) string {
 	var err error
 	var result string
@@ -170,7 +184,6 @@ func sanitizeParameterValue(str string) string {
 
 // PromptParams renders series of prompt UI based on the config
 func PromptModuleParams(moduleConfig moduleconfig.ModuleConfig, parameters map[string]string, projectCredentials globalconfig.ProjectCredential) (map[string]string, error) {
-
 	credentialEnvs := projectCredentials.SelectedVendorsCredentialsAsEnv(moduleConfig.RequiredCredentials)
 	for _, promptConfig := range moduleConfig.Parameters {
 		// deduplicate fields already prompted and received
@@ -178,10 +191,24 @@ func PromptModuleParams(moduleConfig moduleconfig.ModuleConfig, parameters map[s
 			continue
 		}
 
+		var validateFunc func(input string) error = nil
+
+		// type:regex field validation for zero-module.yaml
+		if promptConfig.FieldValidation.Type == constants.RegexValidation {
+			validateFunc = func(input string) error {
+				var regexRule = regexp.MustCompile(promptConfig.FieldValidation.Value)
+				if !regexRule.MatchString(input) {
+					return errors.New(promptConfig.FieldValidation.ErrorMessage)
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		// TODO: type:fuction field validation for zero-module.yaml
+
 		promptHandler := PromptHandler{
 			Parameter: promptConfig,
 			Condition: NoCondition,
-			Validate:  NoValidation,
+			Validate:  validateFunc,
 		}
 		// merging the context of param and credentals
 		// this treats credentialEnvs as throwaway, parameters is shared between modules