Using drivers
Accessing the list of drivers
To access the list of drivers from the Vision navigation pane:
Click Inventories > Drivers in the navigation menu.Three tabs are available to access the list of each type of driver.
A business driver is an expectation expressed by a client, a partner or provider with respect to the enterprise.A regulatory driver is guided by a change in the regulation framework to which it makes reference.An architectural driver is guided by a specific characteristic or an internal architectural building block. This characteristic can represent a strength or a weaknessCreating a driver
The drivers are linked to the current enterprise.
To create a driver:
1. From the Vision navigation pane, select Inventories > Drivers.
2. Select the tab that corresponds to the driver type that you wish to create and click New.
The driver appears in the list of drivers linked to the enterprise.
3. You can modify the Name of the driver.
Driver properties
The Characteristics property page of the driver provides access to:
• its Name;
• the text of its Description.
With HOPEX Business Architecture, a driver is described in the following pages:
• the Structure page, Driving Enterprise Model Element section is used to access the architectural building blocks concerned by the driver.
For more details on transformation plans, see "Describing implementation of an enterprise stage", page 84.• the Structure page, Possible Sites section is used to access the sites concerned by the driver.
A site is a geographical location of an enterprise. Examples: Boston subsidiary, Seattle plant, and more generally the headquarters, subsidiaries, plants, warehouses, etc.• the Usage page, Strategy Assessment section, provides access to the strategic assessments to which the driver is connected.
For more details on assessing strategies, see Using strategy assessments.• the Usage page, Transformation Goal section, provides access to the goals to which the driver is connected.
For more details on enterprise goals, see Identifying enterprise goals.• the KPI Dimension page is used to create KPI Dimensions for the driver.
For more details on KPIs, see "Using KPIs", page 59.• the Assignment page is used to specify the stakeholders connected to the driver; these links can be examined via all the "Driver x Stakeholder Matrix", page 104 report data.