Understanding granularity

A content model reflects all the components that make up each information product; the level of detail in the model depends on the granularity. Granularity determines the smallest piece of information that’s defined by your structure.

There are two types of granularity:

• The granularity of reuse (components)

• The granularity of structure

Granularity of reuse

The granularity of reuse identifies the size of your components. Components can be reused in multiple information products. Having content chunked into components makes it easy to select a component for reuse.

A number of components are reused across the information products, including the following:

• Overview

• Challenges

• Features & Benefits

• Value Proposition