What it is
Central artifact representing future work — features, bugs, tech debt, experiments — in priority order with enough context to act on.
Concrete example
Backlog in Jira with epics, stories, and tasks tagged by team and release, maintained and ordered by the PM.
When to use it
Continuously. The backlog is the operating system; if it isn't current, the team is operating on rumor.
What Product Joi delivers
Restructured backlog: ordered epics with goals, sized stories with acceptance criteria, hygiene rules, and a clear definition of ready.
Turnaround
48 hours
Format
Decision-first doc
Reviewed by
Senior product lead