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Detail the enterprise sub-stages
*An enterprise stage is a past, current or future stage of an enterprise plan.
With HOPEX Business Architecture, an enterprise stage is connected to a business transformation stage or to an IT transformation stage.
*An IT transformation stage is an enterprise transformation stage aimed at aligning the enterprise IT system with the functionalities expected by the operations.
*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.
Describe the enterprise sub-stage
With HOPEX Business Architecture, an enterprise stage is associated with a transformation scenario whose sub-stages are steps.
*An enterprise sub-stage is linked to a IT, or business, transformation stage that can be common to a number of transformation scenarios.
To create an enterprise sub-stage using the creation window of an enterprise stage:
1. In the property pages of the enterprise stage, select the Structure page.
The Enterprise sub-stages provides access to the enterprise sub-stages of the enterprise stage (or plan) described.
2. In the Enterprise sub-stages section, click New.
An enterprise sub-stage creation dialog box opens.
3. Select, for example, the Creating a new IT transformation stage or a business transformation stage check box.
4. Select, for example, the Creating an IT transformation stage or a business transformation stage check box.
5. Specify the Name of the enterprise sub-stage and click OK.
*For more details on transformation stage creation, see "Creating a Transformation Stage".
6. Specify the information concerning the sub-stage created.
The enterprise sub-stage created is added to the list.
Enterprise stage properties
The properties of an enterprise stage, an enterprise plan and a transformation stage are identical.
*For more details on the Characteristics page, see "Enterprise stage characteristics".
With HOPEX Business Architecture an enterprise plan is described in the same way as an enterprise stage.
In the Structure page, the Enterprise sub-stage section is used to describe the enterprise sub-stages that define the enterprise stage described.
*For more details, see "Describe the enterprise sub-stage".
In the Structure page, the Mean, End and Exhibited business capability sections are used to access the strategic components of the transformation stage.
*For more details, see "Describing the strategic elements".
The Implementation page provides access to the components that define the enterprise stage.
*For more details, see "Describing implementation of a transformation plan".
The Usage page provides access to the enterprise stages that use the transformation stage described.
*For more details, see "Describe the enterprise sub-stage".
The Gantt view page provides access to the scheduling representation.
*For more details, see "Using Gantt Charts".
The Capability assessment page provides access to the assessment facilities in an enterprise stage.
*For more details, see "Using business capability maps".