Product management
Also called: product function
ELI5
Work that decides what product problems to solve and why.
Used in conversation
“Product management owns decisions, not every task.”
Definition
The discipline of guiding product choices across customer value, business goals and delivery constraints.
Here “Product management” means: The discipline of guiding product choices across customer value, business goals and delivery constraints.
Pitch context
You will see “Product management” 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