Managing the Business Capability Maps with HOPEX IT Architecture
A business capability map is a set of business capabilities with their dependencies that, together, define a framework for an enterprise stage.Accessing the list of business capability maps
To access the list of capabilities maps from the Business IT Alignment navigation pane:
1. Select Logical Architecture in the navigation menu.
2. Click on Business Capability Map tile
The list of Capabilities maps appears in the edit area.
Creating a business capability map
To create a business capability map:
1. Select Business IT Alignment > Logical Architecture in the navigation menu.
2. Click on Business Capability Map tile
The list of Capabilities maps appears in the edit area.
3. Click the New button.
4. In the creation dialog box, enter the name of the business capabilities map and click OK.
The new business capability map is added to the list of existing capability maps.
Creating a business capability map diagram
To create a business capability map diagram:
Right-click the business capability map that interests you and select New > Business Capability Map Diagram.The diagram opens in the edit area. The frame of the business capability map described appears in the diagram.
You can construct this diagram in tabular input mode.
The properties of a business capability map
The Characteristics property page of Capabilities map provides access to:
• its Owner, by default during creation of the object, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
With HOPEX IT Architecture a business capability is described by the following pages:
• the Structure page that specifies the list of business capability map components owned and the dependencies between them.
For more details on business capability map components, see Creating a business capability map.• The Capability usage page, which is used to identify the IT transformation stages that use this functionality map.
• the Assignment page, which is used to specify the managers of the capability map.
For more details on other property pages proposed by HOPEX IT Architecture, see HOPEX IT Architecture properties pages content.