12. Product Management Alignment

In Scrum, product management and engineering meet at the user story. In Dandori, the interface must be more precise because AI executes literally against whatever it is given.

From Stories to Intent Documents

The PM's output shifts from user stories to structured intent briefs that include clear problem statements, measurable success criteria, explicit constraints, and priority signals for architectural tradeoffs.

The Decision Queue

Instead of batching decisions into planning sessions, the PM maintains a continuously prioritized queue of decisions. The Spec Owner pulls from this queue whenever a spec needs a product decision, and the PM's job becomes keeping that queue current and unblocked.

Discovery and Delivery Merge

When delivery becomes cheap and fast through AI execution, teams can spec and build a prototype in hours. The PM's role evolves from curating a carefully sequenced backlog to becoming a sense-maker who interprets rapid experimental results and adjusts direction. This is a more dynamic and arguably more rewarding product role, one that demands sharper judgment and faster pattern recognition.

A Shared Challenge: Precision at the Interface

Spec-driven development changes the tolerance for ambiguity at the product-engineering interface. PMs need to externalize decisions that used to emerge implicitly during implementation conversations. Engineers need to ask sharper questions when translating intent into specs. The Spec Owner role exists specifically to bridge this gap. Both product and engineering benefit from the increased clarity.