Importing an Existing Breakdown of Business capabilities
Hopex IT Business ManagementUse Excel data exchange wizards to export import and breakdowns of business capabilities. The Excel Template is Business Capabilities Template.xlsx.
For more information on managing you work context, see Data Exchange with Excel.Structure of the import/export Excel template of Hopex IT Business Management
The Business Capabilities Template.xlsx Excel template of Hopex IT Business Management allows you to import a breakdown of business capacities and a breakdown of functionalities.
• At the level of business capabilities, the elements are as follows:
• Business Capabilities
A business capability represents a specific ability that an organization possesses or needs to develop to deliver a particular business outcome.• Business capability maps
A business capability map is a set of business capabilities with their dependencies which define a framework for an enterprise stage.• Business capability components, which define the link between a business capability and the business capability map (or business capability) in which it is referenced.
• Business Capability fulfillments, which define the link between a business capability and the application that implements it.
• At the level of functionalities, the elements are as follows:
• Functionalities
A technology capability is the ability to deliver a technology service which is required by a technology artifact or an application.• Functionality maps
A technology capability map is a set of technology capabilities and their dependencies that, together, defines the scope of a hardware or software architecture.• Sub-functionalities, which define the link between a functionality and the functionality map (or the functionality) in which it is referenced.
• Functionality fulfillments, which define the link between a functionality and the application that implements it.
• Applications, which here represent the supports for implementing business capabilities or functionalities.
An application is a software component that can be deployed and provides users with a set of functionalities.The information contained in the Excel template delivered with Hopex IT Business Management is presented as follows:
• One page per element type: Business capability, Business capability map, Functionality, Functionality map, Application, ...
• For each element of Business capability, Business capability map, Functionality, Functionality map or Application type:
• Short Name : name of the object concerned.
• For each element of Business capability component (or Sub-functionality) type:
• Business Capability Building Block (or Owner Functionality Building Block): name of the composite object (business capability map, for example).
• Business Capability Used (or Sub-functionality): Name of the component object.
• For each element of Business Capability fulfillment (or Functionality fulfillment) type:
• Fulfilled Business Capability (or Fulfilled Functionality): name of the implemented business capability (or functionality).
• Realizer Agent (or Fulfilling Enterprise Articfact): name of the application that implements the capability or the functionality.
• Short Name : name of the object associated with the implementation.
Importing the breakdown of business capabilities into an enterprise
Several steps must be followed in order for the Excel import of a business capability breakdown to be performed correctly:
5. Importing the new import Excel file in your repository.
For more information on Excel import wizard, see Importing data via Excel.Specifying the current library
A library and an enterprise are used to represent a unique work context.
Libraries are collections of objects used to split repository content into several independent parts. They allow creation of virtual partitions of the repository. In particular, two objects owned by different libraries can have the same name.In order for the data you import with Excel to be linked to a specific library, you must specify the current library.
To set the current library:
1. Click the Environment navigation menu then Containers > Libraries.
2. Expand the Libraries tree.
3. Right-click the library that interests you to open its pop-up menu and select Set As Default.
The selected library becomes the current library.
Exporting data from your repository with Hopex IT Business Management
If you want to export business capability maps or functionality maps that exist in another repository than your current one, for example, you can use the Excel template of Hopex IT Business Management.
For more information on Excel export wizard, see Exporting Data via Excel.When the Excel file is filled with the names of the objects you want to import, you must complete the necessary information for import into Hopex IT Business Management.
For more details, see Structure of the import/export Excel template of Hopex IT Business Management.