Work product
A work product (or, simply, product) is a result of any process that has been initiated, designed, and/or performed by one or more human beings.
Trivia
Definitions
According to the BABOK Guide (3rd edition),
- Product (business analysis). A solution or component of a solution that is the result of an initiative.
- Work product (business analysis). A document or collection of notes or diagrams used by the business analyst during the requirements development process.
According to Juran's Quality Handbook by Defeo (7th edition),
Product vs work product
- Literally, product is anything that is produced. This term, product, has a wide range of applications:
- In business and marketing, product usually refers to marketable product (or, simply, the marketable) that is produced by either an industrial process or farming to be sold and re-sold as a commodity.
- In business analysis, product may refer to either a work product that the customer seeks to obtain or a work product that is the result of the work of business analysts.
- In engineering and project management, product usually refers to work product, so does this word, product, in the product backlog and product backlog item (PBI) terms.
- In mathematics, product is the result from the multiplication together of numbers or expressions.
- In social science, product is something or someone resulting from environment or a set of other conditions.
