It is a subcategory of a business domain. It is a more detailed area of business activity. Subdomain’s goal is to help you focus on things that give you competitive advantage and to avoid implementing features that do not make you special on the market.
Example
A perfect example of a subdomain could be an eCommerce business, where there’s an online shop and have the following subdomains:
- catalog management
- advertising
- accounting
- support
- customer relations
- supplier relations
- etc.
Types of Subdomains
There are several types of subdomains. They are all important for the business to succeed and they all have to work together, and interact with each other. These are:
Subdomains do not have to be technical
Subdomains do not always have to be technical. If the business focuses on manual craft (jeweller), then most of its core subdomains will be related to customer service, or actual craft.
How to identify Subdomain
Subdomains are usually in a business strategy, but they just need to be discovered. If you struggle to find them, you can start with using business’ departments and units to start defining them.