Business Capabilities
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 DoDAF, the capability structure diagram describes the composition of a business capability.
Business capability properties
With HOPEX DoDAF you can describe a business capability through the following property pages:
Characteristics page
The Identification section of the Characteristics properties page of the business capability provides access to the following:
• its Owner, by default on creation of the business capability, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its description.
You can use the following sections of the Characteristics page to connect the business capability to:
• Sub-capabilities
• Capability dependencies
• Organizations
• Operational activities
• Systems
Structure page
The Structure page specifies a part of the list of components (compositions) 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.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 capability compositions.The Capability Exhibition section provides access to the enterprise stages for which the capability described becomes an exhibited 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).Expected Capabilities page
This 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 business skills and functionalities associated with business capabilities.