9 Part 9: Templates

9.2 Basics about Product Templates

9.2.1 Purpose

A product template is a RTF file that contains all relevant contents of the V-Modell with regard to a concrete »Product Type, e.g. product name, »Discipline, the responsible »Roles, the contributing roles, the description of products and subjects.Generally all information relevant to the preparation of a » Product Instance can be found in the »V-Modell Reference Work Products. The added value of product templates is based on the fact that this information is already incorporated into the corresponding file, e. g. all topics are already set up as points of a breakdown. Thus the member of the project staff is not required to use "Copy &Paste" to copy parts from the V-Modell reference, but can start with the work on the contents immediately after the file was opened. Also all product templates follow a standard layout.