Product Management Team charter

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+# Product Management Team Charter
+
+## 1. Team Name
+**Product Management Team**
+
+## 2. Purpose and Mission
+The Product Management Team sets technical directions aligned with project objectives and serves as a decision-making body with delegated authority from the Steering Committee.
+
+**Mission Statement:** Sets technical directions aligned with project objectives
+
+## 3. Team Scope and Responsibilities
+
+### Core Responsibilities
+- **Define Requirements**: Develop and maintain parent and child epics as output to the Technical Working Group (TWG)
+- **Ensure Marketing Enablement**: Create messaging, narratives, persona definitions, and value propositions as output to the Marketing Working Group (MWG)
+- **Own Roadmap Planning**: Manage product roadmap including PR and FINAL releases
+- **Set Technical Direction**: Align technical decisions with the Margo Vision and project objectives
+
+### Input and Output Flow
+```
+INPUT: Margo Vision
+         ↓
+    BUILDS (PM Team)
+    • Requirements (Parent & child epics)
+    • Roadmap (PR & FINAL releases)
+    • Marketing enablement
+         ↓
+OUTPUT: 
+    → Technical Working Group
+    → Marketing Working Group
+         ↓
+    READ-OUT: Broader SteerCo Community
+```
+
+## 4. Team Structure
+
+### Leadership
+- **Team Lead**: Josh Abbott
+- **Backup Lead**: TBD by PM team
+
+### Team Lead Responsibilities
+- Setting and managing team activities (planning topics, meetings)
+- Maintaining meeting schedule and deliverables
+- Organizing team contributors
+- Serving as primary contact to MWG and TWG
+- Providing readouts on team progress to the Steering Committee
+- Escalating approvals and decisions to Steering Committee when necessary
+
+**Note**: Output deliverables are the responsibility of the collective team, not solely the Team Lead.
+
+## 5. Decision-Making Authority
+
+### Delegated Powers
+The Product Management Team operates with delegated decision-making authority from the Steering Committee within its defined scope, including:
+- Requirements definition and prioritization
+- Roadmap planning and scheduling
+- Marketing enablement content
+- Technical direction within project objectives
+
+### Governance
+- **Consensus-Based**: The team endeavors to make decisions by consensus
+- **Voting**: Where consensus cannot be reached, decisions are made by Supermajority Vote of team members
+- **Escalation**: Issues requiring Steering Committee input or falling outside the team's scope are escalated through the Team Lead
+
+## 6. Membership
+
+### Eligibility
+- Open to Steering Members only of the Margo project
+- Members must be active participants in the project
+
+### Joining
+Members join by:
+- Expressing interest to the Team Lead
+- Committing to regular participation (weekly 2-hour meetings on Thursdays)
+- Agreeing to the terms of this charter
+
+## 7. Meetings and Operations
+
+### Meeting Schedule
+- **Frequency**: Weekly
+- **Duration**: 2 hours
+- **Day**: Thursday
+- **Commitment**: Regular attendance expected as this is a significant time investment
+
+### Meeting Notifications
+The Team Lead is responsible for meeting notifications with minimum criteria:
+- In-person meetings: 30 days prior written notice
+- Teleconference meetings: 7 days prior written notice (first meeting of recurring series)
+- Electronic votes: No advance notice required; must remain open for at least 7 days
+
+## 8. Scope Limitations
+
+The Product Management Team does **NOT** have authority over:
+- Budget allocation and financial decisions
+- Overall project governance changes
+- Steering Committee membership matters
+- Matters explicitly reserved to the Steering Committee
+
+## 9. Relationship with Other Groups
+
+### Technical Working Group (TWG)
+- **Output to TWG**: Requirements (parent and child epics)
+- **Interaction**: PM Team provides technical requirements; TWG implements
+
+### Marketing Working Group (MWG)
+- **Output to MWG**: Marketing enablement materials (messaging, narratives, personas, value propositions)
+- **Interaction**: PM Team defines product positioning; MWG executes marketing activities
+
+### Steering Committee
+- **Reporting**: Regular readouts on progress and decisions
+- **Escalation**: Issues requiring external input or broader authority
+- **Accountability**: PM Team operates under delegated authority from Steering Committee
+
+## 10. Deliverables
+
+### Requirements Documentation
+- Parent epics defining major feature areas
+- Child epics detailing specific functionality
+- Requirements specifications for TWG implementation
+
+### Roadmap Artifacts
+- Product roadmap with PR (preview release) milestones
+- FINAL release planning and schedules
+- Feature prioritization and sequencing
+
+### Marketing Enablement Materials
+- Product messaging and positioning
+- Target persona definitions
+- Value proposition statements
+- Narrative frameworks for MWG use
+
+## 11. Amendments
+
+This charter may be amended by:
+- Approval of the Product Management Team, AND
+- Ratification by the Steering Committee
+
+---
+
+**Effective Date**: [To be determined upon approval]
+
+**Approved by Steering Committee**: [Date]
+
+**Last Revised**: [Date]
+
+---
+
+This charter establishes the Product Management Team as a key operational body within the Margo project structure, operating with delegated authority from the Steering Committee while maintaining appropriate oversight and escalation mechanisms.