Describing a business capability
A business capability can be based on business sub-capabilities. The capabilities expected by the business capabilities described are the capabilities associated with each business sub-capability.
The business capability that consists of preparing pizzas is broken down into a number of business capabilities: "Cook pizzas", for example.
With HOPEX Business Architecture, the capability structure diagram describes the composition of a business capability.
For more details on the breakdown map of business capabilities, see "Breakdown map of business capabilities", page 96.Creating a business capability
You can create a new business capability in a number of ways:
• From the business capability map diagram,
• From the properties page of a business capability map,
• From the navigation pane.
To create a business capability from the Vision navigation pane:
1. Select Inventories > Business Capabilities.
The list of business capabilities appears in the edit area.
2. Click New.
The new business capability appears in the list. By default it is owned by the current enterprise.
The properties of a business capability
The Characteristics property page of the business capability map provides access to:
• its Owner, by default on creation of the business capability, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
• the Desired Capability Effect is an Outcome.
For example, the desired capability effect of "Delivery of pizzas" is a "Delivered pizza"
For more details on results, see Describing the outcomes.For more details on the use of results, see Defining business capability dependencies.With HOPEX Business Architecture a business capability is described by the following pages:
• the Structure page specifies a part of the list of components that constitute the business capability described, as well as the dependencies between these components,
For more details on the structures of a business capability, see Defining the structure of a business capability.• The Implementation page provides access to the list of business functions (or solution building blocks) that implement the capability.
For more details on implementation of business capabilities, see Creating a business capability realization.• In the Usage page, the Capability Component section provides access to the capacity maps that use the described capability.
For more details on the components of a business capability, see Using the capability compositions.• In the Usage page, the Capability Exhibition section provides access to the enterprise stages for which the capability described becomes an exposed capability.
An exhibited business capability is measurable objectively within the framework of an enterprise stage, on a defined geopolitical scope (site), and focused on a given market segment (business partner).For more details on enterprise stages, see "Defining enterprise stages", page 87• the Expected Capabilities property page is used to specify a list of business skills and functionalities that are expected from the business capability.
For more details on the skills and functionalities associated with a business capability, see Defining the business skills and functionalities associated with business capabilities.Creating a business capability structure diagram
To create a business capability structure diagram:
Right-click the business capability that interests you and click New > Capability Structure Diagram.The diagram opens in the edit area. The frame of the business capability described appears in the diagram.
You can construct this diagram in tabular input mode.
Tabular input is available with the HOPEX Web Front-End module. For more details on the use of tabular input, see "Constructing a diagram in easy diagramming mode", page 149.Defining the structure of a business capability
The components represented in a business capability structure diagram are Capability Composition. Each capability composition is associated with a business capability.
A Business capability component is the involvement of a business capability in the context of a business capability map (one and only one) linked to an enterprise.For more details on how to use business components in a diagram, see Using the capability compositions.A dependency link between one capability composition and another is used to specify the elements on which this dependency is based, that is, the effect of one required by the effect of the other.
For more details on creating dependency links between two capability compositions, see Using the capability compositions: The capability compositions and their dependencies appear in the Structure property page of the business capability described.
Defining the business skills and functionalities associated with business capabilities
A functionality is a capability expected from an equipment item (hardware or software) to ensure the operation of a business function or an organization. If it is a software functionality, it can be provided by an application.A value stream is an end-to-end collection of Value Stages that creates an outcome for a customer, who may be the ultimate customer or an internal end-user of the value stream.Each business capability is associated with functionalities that it is able to provide and that it needs to ensure its functionalities.
To associate a skill with a business capability:
1. Open the Expected Capabilities properties window of the business capability.
2. In the Expected Business Skill section, click New.
An Expected Business Skill creation dialog box opens.
3. Click, for example, the Creating a New Business Skill check box.
4. Specify the name of the skill.
5. Click OK.
The expected business skill appears in the list of skills associated with the business capability.
For more information on enterprise skills, see Describing Business Skills. To associate a functionality with a business capability:
1. Open the property pages of the business capability concerned and select the Expected Capabilities page.
2. In the Expected Functionality section, click New.
The Expected Functionality creation dialog box opens.
3. Click, for example, the Creating a New Functionality check box.
4. Specify the name of the functionality.
5. Click OK.
The expected functionality appears in the list of functionalities associated with the business capability.
For more information on enterprise functionalities, see Describing functionalities. The use of skills, functionalities and the expected effects appear in the diagrams, at the bottom of the frame of the capability described.
A report is available to check the suitability between the business capability map and the operational environment, for more details, see Describing component implementation.