Product vision, strategy & roadmaps · Working
Product council
Also called: product committee
ELI5
A group that helps decide large product choices.
Used in conversation
“The product council should not become a feature-approval queue.”
Definition
A cross-functional group reviewing major product priorities, trade-offs or investments.
Here “Product council” means: A cross-functional group reviewing major product priorities, trade-offs or investments.
Pitch context
You will see “Product council” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches product vision, strategy & roadmaps.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret product vision, strategy & roadmaps without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 2
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16