Method and System for Using a Component Business Model to Support Value Based Pricing of Business Solutions

A system for pricing a business solution, comprising:

• means for describing the business solution as a composition of services, each service being exposed by a corresponding business component in a component business model (CBM) of an enterprise;
• means for developing a value based pricing schedule for the business solution, the pricing schedule being configured from a plurality of pricing strategies to optimize a mutual benefit to a solution provider and a solution consumer;
• means for applying the value based pricing schedule to each of the services constituting said composition;
• and
• means for composing a value based pricing schedule for the business solution from the constituent pricing schedules.

Implementing a service for pricing a business solution, comprising the method of:

• describing the business solution as a composition of services, each service being exposed by a corresponding business component in a component business model (CBM) of an enterprise;
• developing a value based pricing schedule for the business solution, the pricing schedule being configured from a plurality of pricing strategies to optimize a mutual benefit to a solution provider and a solution consumer;
• applying the value based pricing schedule to each of the services constituting said composition;
• and
• composing a value based pricing schedule for the business solution from the constituent pricing schedules.