Requirements, stories & service design · Working
Product specification
Also called: product spec
ELI5
A detailed description of the product.
Used in conversation
“The product specification includes performance limits.”
Definition
A detailed description of a product's intended characteristics and requirements.
Here “Product specification” means: A detailed description of a product's intended characteristics and requirements.
Pitch context
You will see “Product specification” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches requirements, stories & service design.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret requirements, stories & service design 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