Use this category only when the content is materially about Product Development.

Definition: Product Development is the structured process of creating and improving usable products through iterative learning, customer feedback, and continuous improvement. It connects product strategy, discovery, and delivery to deliver value while reducing risk.

Must have:

• Discussion of product discovery, delivery, or iteration as part of creating or improving a product
• Use of customer or user feedback loops to inform product changes
• Evidence of experimentation, learning, or validation to reduce product risk
• Alignment between product work and value delivery, outcomes, or organisational goals
• Cross-functional collaboration using practices such as Agile, Lean, or DevOps

Strong fit:

• Primary: Product Development is the main subject and at least two Must have items are discussed.
• Secondary: Product Development is a substantial supporting theme and at least one Must have item is discussed.

Weak fit:

• Tertiary: Product Development is mentioned or adjacent, but the content is mostly about something else.
• Ignored: Product Development is absent, only implied, or supported only by generic domain language.

Exclude:

• Project Management, when the focus is scheduling, resourcing, delivery governance, or milestones rather than product learning and iteration
• Software Engineering or DevOps, when the focus is technical implementation, deployment, or operations without product feedback or value decisions
• Product Marketing, when the focus is positioning, launch campaigns, or sales enablement rather than developing the product
• Innovation or business strategy discussion that lacks concrete product discovery, iteration, feedback, or delivery practices
• Generic terms such as product, customers, value, agile, improvement, collaboration, or market needs are insufficient on their own