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Defining Business Capabilities
A business capability map is business capability mapping, each business capability grouping applications according to functional similarity.
Several grouping strategies can be defined. It is therefore possible to define several business capabilities describing the information system from different points of view.
*A business capability is a component of information system processing. Processing can for example correspond to an activity or an enterprise business.
You can create a business capability map for a user or portfolio.
The business capability map of a user reflects the functional coverage of applications used for a given org-unit.
The business capability map of a portfolio reflects functional coverage of applications of a given portfolio. It is particularly useful to view the functional coverage change of application assets over time. See "Generating the Portfolio Business Capability Map", page 63.
Capabilities can be previously defined in a global capability map. The existence of a business capability map of the company enables automatic creation of business capability maps subsequently generated at the user or portfolio level. You can also create capabilities directly from applications.
To associate a capability with an application, see "Defining Application Functional Scope".
Creating a corporate business capability map
The global capability map can be created by the administrator in the Environment desktop.
To create a corporate business capability map:
1. Connect to HOPEX IT Portfolio Managementas administrator.
2. Click the navigation menu, then Environment.
3. Click Libraries.
The list of libraries appears in the edit area.
4. Click the icon of the library to which to attach the capability map and select New > Business Capability Map.
The business capability map creation dialog box opens.
5. Enter its name.
6. Click OK.
Creating the business capability map of a portfolio
To create the business capability map of a portfolio:
1. Click the navigation menu, then Inventory.
2. In the navigation pane, click All application portfolios.
The list of repository application portfolios appears in the edit area.
3. Click the icon of the portfolio concerned.
4. Select New > Business Capability Map / Portfolio.
See also "Generating the Portfolio Business Capability Map", page 63.
Creating a business capability
You can create business capabilities in a business capability diagram or from applications.
To associate a capability with an application, see "Defining Application Functional Scope".
Business capability properties
To view characteristics of a business capability:
*Open the properties pages of the business capability.
The City planning level is indicated in the corresponding box (area, district or block).
The Color attribute brings a further dimension to your business capability diagrams. The value given to this attribute changes the shape color representing the area, district or block displayed in the diagram.
The City Planning tab is used to specify the applications, databases, services, or use cases concerned.