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ArchiMate Product Viewpoint
The Product Viewpoint:
Depicts the value that a product offers to customers or other external parties involved.
Shows the composition of one or more products in terms of the constituting (business, application, or technology) services, and the associated contract(s) or other agreements.
Can be used to show the interfaces (channels) through which a product is offered, and the events associated with the product.
Can be used to design a product by composing existing services or by identifying which new services must be created for a product.
The ArchiMate elements that can be drawn on this diagram are:
Business Actor
Business Role
Business Collaboration
Business Interface
Business process/function/interaction
Business event
Business service
Business object
Product
Contract
Application component/collaboration
Application interface
Application process/function/interaction
Application event
Application service
Data object
Technology service
Artifact
Material
Value
See also
ArchiMate Organization Viewpoint – Aggregated By
ArchiMate Organization Viewpoint – Composed By
ArchiMate Business Layer
ArchiMate Business Process Cooperation Viewpoint
ArchiMate Service Realization Viewpoint
Business Layer – Basic Viewpoints