From 08d75e187c9ebd3e8b155650adfd14a3cad50379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah Talerman <47070608+noahtalerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:56:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Product groups handbook: When context is prioritized over
 core (#31458)

When? If the context (mission critical) feature is a customer promise or a customer request that's blocking migration.
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 handbook/company/product-groups.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/handbook/company/product-groups.md b/handbook/company/product-groups.md
index ab81a3cf81..e7d348cfdd 100644
--- a/handbook/company/product-groups.md
+++ b/handbook/company/product-groups.md
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ To prioritize a new feature, it must meet one of these criteria:
 4. Core: a feature that accentuates and directly assists in the core purpose of the company: to guide people out of the thicket through the gift of openness. It's what differentiates us. [How Fleet defined "core"](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vr0F218Acr69eAgaD38zsyUUQ3Ik9HDEAlitT911BzU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.axp63q5pht7).
 5. Context: a feature that customers consider mission critical for their particular buying situation. Can either be an existing customer request or a prospect request in an order form.
 
+Features that are core to Fleet are prioritized over context (mission critical) features. Mission critical features can be prioritized over core features only if they're a customer promise or a customer request is blocking a migration to Fleet.
+
 If an issue has the `~feature fest` label, then it's a new feature request that will be weighed at the next 🎁🗣 Feature Fest meeting.
 
 If an issue has the `~customer request` label, then it's a feature request that's already been prioritized. It will have one or more user stories that will be worked on in the current quarter.