Describing a Business Skill Map
A business skill map is a set of business skill with their dependencies that, together, define a framework for an enterprise stage.
To display business capabilities, business capabilities maps and business skills, check option HOPEX Solutions > Business Process Analysis > Capability visibility is activated.Creating a Business Skill Map diagram
To create a business skill map diagram:
From the Capabilities navigation menu, expand Business Skill Maps.The properties of a business skill map
The Characteristics properties page of the business skill map provides access to:
• its Owner, by default during creation of the business skill map, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
With HOPEX Business Process Analysis a business skill map is described by:
• the Structure page that specifies the list of business skill components owned and the dependencies between them.
For more information on the components of business skills, see Creating a business skill component in a diagramand Defining the business skill dependencies.Creating a Business Skill Diagram
To create a business skill diagram:
1. In the list of Business Skill Maps, click the Create a diagram 
icon related to the business skill of your choice.
icon related to the business skill of your choice. The diagram creation window opens.
To create a business skill component in a diagram, see Creating a business skill component in a diagram.
To define the dependencies of business skills, see Defining the business skill dependencies
Creating a business skill component in a diagram
The components represented in a business skill map are Business skills.
A business skill is a capability acquired by a person or an organization through a specific training.To add a sub-skill to the business skill map diagram:
In the object inserting bar, click the Business Skill Component 
.Defining the business skill dependencies
You can create a dependency link between two business skills to specify that one business skill is required for the other in the context of a skill map.
To create dependency links between two business skills:
From the object inserting bar, click the Business skill dependency 
button and connect the source business component to the target business component. Describing Business Skills
To be able to subsequently check that each business capability is implemented by a suitable business skill, you must define the required business skills and functionalities, for each business function.
The Characteristics property page of the business skill provides access to:
• its Owner, by default during creation of the business skill map, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
With HOPEX Business Process Analysis a business skill is described by the following pages:
• the Structure page specifies a list of business skill held and the dependencies between them.
For more details on business skill diagrams, see Creating a Business Skill Diagram.• the Fulfillments page provides access to the list of architecture elements that implement the business skill.
• The Capability Usage page,
• The Owner section provides access to the skill maps that use the skill described.
For more details on the skills used, see Creating a business skill component in a diagram.