Product management (product-management/)

Workspace layer for PM frameworks used by Victoria (TPM/PM) and for Cursor for PMs content.

File	Role
PM_KNOWLEDGE.md	Indexed reference — software, hardware, UI, data, AI; §6 = workspace ideation/strategy notes (e.g. defensibility)
BACKLOG_BEST_PRACTICES.md	Synthesized backlog best practices — DEEP, refinement, INVEST, prioritization frameworks, discovery vs delivery, story splitting; not your private backlog rows
PUBLIC_DOC_QUALITY_CRITERIA.md	Quality standard for every public file in this repo — nine criteria treating docs as products (audience, navigation, scannability, self-contained links)
GLOSSARY.md	Terms & definitions for non-developer readers; Category (Parent outcome) for future filters; durable docs defined; promote from journal Glossary candidates; evolve under BL-29
research/SOURCE_INDEX.md	Canonical source list + harvest metadata; initial 27 URLs plus 2026-05-09 AI PM agent delta
research/2026-05-09-ai-pm-agent-resource-pack.md	Fresh 13-source resource pack for PM frameworks, context engineering, and AI PM agent design
research/2026-05-09-design-methodology-resource-pack.md	Fresh 8-source pack for Design Thinking, UCD/HCD, Service Design, Service Blueprints, and Double Diamond
context/AI_PM_AGENT_CONTEXT.md	Agent-facing operating context: source hierarchy, required context packet, PM reasoning loop, guardrails, done criteria
workflows/AI_PM_WORKFLOWS.md	Workflow router for strategy, discovery, prioritization, roadmapping, PRDs, delivery shaping, context engineering, and PM review
templates/PM_AGENT_TEMPLATES.md	Reusable PM artifact templates: strategy brief, discovery brief, prioritization scorecard, roadmap, PRD, shaped pitch, context packet

Cursor: rule product-management.mdc (glob), skill product-management, command /pm. Always-on: rule non-technical-documentation.mdc (plain language + glossary habit). Skill: non-technical-glossary-capture (journal / session-end).

Contrast: pmo/PMO_KNOWLEDGE.md — project/program delivery, PMO, Lean/Six Sigma/CRISP-DM (/pmo).

Hydration policy: prefer adding to SOURCE_INDEX.md, then synthesize into PM_KNOWLEDGE.md — avoid unvetted scrapes.

AI PM agent quick start

For any agent doing product-management work:

1. Read context/AI_PM_AGENT_CONTEXT.md.
2. Route the task through workflows/AI_PM_WORKFLOWS.md.
3. Use the smallest relevant template from templates/PM_AGENT_TEMPLATES.md.
4. For design-methodology work, load research/2026-05-09-design-methodology-resource-pack.md.
5. Cite source provenance from research/SOURCE_INDEX.md or the relevant 2026-05-09 resource pack.