Exploring product capabilities

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • A product capability is the specific feature that a business application or a Technology Reference Model (TRM) product provides to support business objectives. Product capabilities are used to assess how well a business application or TRM product aligns with strategic goals and operational needs.

    Product capabilities help in understanding what a business application or a TRM product can technically deliver.

    Product capabilities and business capabilities are related but distinct concepts:
    • Business capabilities describe what an organization needs to do to achieve its strategic objectives — for example, "Workforce conformance management."
    • Product capabilities describe how a specific business application or TRM product fulfills those needs — for example, "conformance reporting" in a payroll management application.

    You can use product capabilities to assess how well a business application or TRM product supports your organization's business capabilities and strategic goals.

    Product capability vs. Business capability

    An organization has a business capability called Workforce conformance management — the organizational requirement to manage employee attendance, leave, and payroll in line with legal requirements.

    To fulfill this business capability, the organization uses an attendance and payroll management business application. The product capabilities of this application include:
    • Payroll calculation: Computes salary based on attendance, leaves taken, and applicable tax laws.
    • conformance reporting: Generates reports for tax and labor law conformance.