# Related Product Variants

> The requirement that products form families of related variants meant to be used together.

Record: `lexicon:related-product-variants`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-related-product-variants

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Creation Variation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/creation-variation.md) and before [Single-Instance Need](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-instance-need.md).

## Category

- [Creational Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/creational-patterns.md)

## Required by

- [Abstract Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/abstract-factory-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Creational Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-creational-patterns.md)