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Product Management vocabulary · Team & Stakeholder Communication

Status update

Meaning in product management, with examples

nounCore term

In product management, status update means: A short, regular report that tells stakeholders what has been done, what is coming next and what risks or blockers exist.

In Turkish: durum güncellemesi, durum raporu

How it is used

Sent weekly or every two weeks by email or Slack, or given in a meeting. Good PMs keep status updates short, lead with what changed and flag problems early. Common phrases: on track, at risk, blocked, slipped.

Example sentences

  1. In this week's status update: search is on track, but payments is at risk.

  2. Please send me a quick status update before the leadership meeting.

Common collocations

  • weekly status update
  • send a status update
  • give a status update
  • status update email
  • stakeholderAny person or group inside or outside the company who is affected by a product decision or can influence it, such as executives, sales, support or legal.
  • milestoneAn important point or event in a plan, such as the end of a beta or a feature being ready for launch, used to check progress.
  • escalateTo take a problem or disagreement to a more senior person because it cannot be solved at the current level or is becoming urgent.
  • timelineThe planned order and dates of the main steps of a piece of work, from the start to the launch.
  • alignmentA state in which people or teams agree on goals, priorities and decisions, so they work in the same direction instead of against each other.

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