Building an Enterprise stage
An enterprise stage is connected to a business transformation stage or to an IT transformation stage.
A business transformation stage is a kind of enterprise transformation stage aiming at the alignment of the enterprise operating model to its strategy and corresponding exhibited business capabilities.
An IT transformation stage is an enterprise transformation stage aimed at aligning the enterprise IT system with the functionalities expected by the operations.
The type of the transformation stage that characterizes the enterprise stage is defined during creation of the enterprise stage.
Creating an Enterprise Stage
During creation of an enterprise stage, you can reuse a transformation stage that already exists or create a new one.
To create an enterprise stage from the Vision navigation pane:
1. Select Strategic planning > Enterprise strategic view.
The current enterprise plan appears. It is connected to a Strategic view folder.
2. Expand the folder Strategic View.
3. Right-click the Enterprise stage folder and select New > Enterprise stage component.
An enterprise sub-stage creation dialog box opens.
4. Select the Reusing an IT transformation stage or a business transformation stage check box.
5. Select, for example, the Connect an IT transformation stage.
6. Click Display scope.
The list of IT transformation stages appears.
7. Select the transformation stage concerned and click OK.
The new enterprise stage appears in the list.
Creating a Transformation Stage
A transformation stage can only be created via the creation of an enterprise sub-stage.
To create a transformation stage using the creation window of an enterprise stage component:
1. In the enterprise stage component creation window, select the Creating an IT transformation stage or a business transformation stage check box.
2. Select, for example, the Connect an IT transformation stage.
3. Specify the Name of the enterprise sub-stage and click OK.
A IT transformation stage creation dialog box opens.
4. In the Start event section, select Create a new event to create the event that marks the start date of the plan.
5. In the End event section, select the Use an existing event check box.
6. Click the arrow to the right of the frame and select the event that interests you from the drop-down list.
7. Select the Period.
8. Click OK.
Enterprise stage characteristics
The characteristics of an enterprise stage, an enterprise plan and a transformation stage are identical.
The Characteristics property page of an enterprise stage provides access to the following information:
• Name,
• Owner, the current enterprise plan for an enterprise stage or a transformation stage,
• the Start event of the plan or the stage,
• the End event of the plan or the stage,
• the Description text.
For more details on transformation stage creation, see "Creating a Transformation Stage".