Examples of use:


These fields are included in the template to describe an (existing) business product. An existing business product may matter to a requirements engineering initiative for a new product because the latter will depend on the former for providing its services.

Field name Description
Name The name of the business product
Interfaces Via which (business) interfaces does the product provide its services
Services Which (business) services does the product provide?
Business roles Which business roles are defined in the agreements defining the product
Business objects Which business objects are involved in the providing of the product's services
Non-functional requirements List non-functional requirements that are specific and important for the product, tag them as one or more of the listed types of non-functional requirements
Project Issues List project issues that are specific and important for the product, tag them as one or more of the listed types of project issues

The availability of an enterprise architecture - preferably as part of an enterprise repository - will impact the amount of work that must be invested in describing both existing products and products that must be designed and developed.

In an enterprise architecture described in accordance with the ArchiMate framework: business product descriptions are included in the business layer. The rationale for their inclusion in a requirements engineering initiative will often be related to their role in business collaborations among business actors.


Acknowledgement: Inclusion of Non-functional requirements and Project Issues fields in the template is one of the suggested options in Volère1 and a recommended practice in EMPRESS2.