Managing an enterprise
A basic enterprise is made up of the following elements:
• a start event;
The start event can be positioned arbitrarily at the beginning of the current year, for example.• an end event;
The end event can be positioned with an analysis time frame (e.g.: year n+ 5, year n+10)For more details on enterprise events, see Defining the start and end events of the enterprise• a current ('As-Is') stage that concerns existing elements;
• a target ('To-Be') stage that concerns target elements;
For more details on enterprise stages, see Updating the enterprise stages by defaultCreating an enterprise
To create an enterprise:
1. From the Environment navigation pane, select Enterprises.
The list of enterprises appears in the edit area.
2. Click New.
An enterprise creation dialog box opens.
3. Specify the name of the enterprise.
4. Click the IT Transformation or Business Transformation or Other check box. or Other.
5. Also specify the types of Sub Containers.
6. Click Next.
7. Enter the name of the Work Environment that you want to create and specify its Strategic Planning.
8. Click OK.
The tree for the steps of a Strategic Planning type is created automatically.
9. Click OK.
Linking an enterprise to a library
Gateways are modeling elements that are used to control how sequence flows interact as they converge and diverge within a process.For more details on libraries, see Using Libraries.To connect an enterprise to a library.
1. Open the Characteristics properties page of the enterprise that interests you.
2. From the Owner field, select the library to which you want to connect the enterprise.
Enterprise properties
The Characteristics properties page of an enterprise provides access to:
• its Name,
• its Owner,
For more information on the link between an enterprise and a library, see Linking an enterprise to a library.• the Start Event of the enterprise.
• the End Event of the enterprise.
• the Description text.
An enterprise is described in the same way as an enterprise stage.
For more details on enterprise stages, see Updating the enterprise stages by defaultInitializing an enterprise
When the enterprise is created, the Functional Administrator must run the following tasks:
• Specify the start and end dates of the events,
For more details on updating start and end events, see Defining the start and end events of the enterprise.• Update the enterprise "As-Is" and "To-Be" stages that are used to start the transformation scheduling,
For more details on updating the basic enterprise stages, see Updating the enterprise stages by default.• Define the objects in the library that are part of the enterprise scope,
For more details on libraries, see Using Libraries.• Specify, if appropriate, the participants in the enterprise and the role of each,
For more details on assigning participants, see Assigning a user to the strategic planning stages.