Building an Enterprise stage
A transformation stage is a past, current or future stage of an enterprise.An enterprise stage is connected to a business transformation stage or to an IT transformation stage.
A business transformation stage is a kind of enterprise transformation stage aiming at the alignment of the enterprise operating model to its strategy and corresponding exhibited business capabilities.An IT transformation stage is an enterprise transformation stage aimed at aligning the enterprise IT system with the functionalities expected by the operations.The type of the transformation stage that characterizes the enterprise stage is defined during creation of the enterprise stage.
Creating an Enterprise Stage
During creation of an enterprise stage, you can reuse a transformation stage that already exists or create a new one.
To create an enterprise stage from the Vision navigation pane:
1. Select Strategic Planning > Enterprise Strategic View.
The current enterprise appears. It is connected to a Strategic view folder.
2. Expand the folder Strategic View.
3. Right-click the Enterprise stage folder and select New > Enterprise stage component.
An enterprise sub-stage creation dialog box opens.
4. Select, for example, the Create an IT Transformation Stage.
5. Specify the Name of the enterprise sub-stage and click Add.
A IT transformation stage creation dialog box opens.
6. In the Start event section, select Create a new event to create the event that marks the start date of the enterprise.
7. In the End event section, select the Use an existing event check box.
8. Click the arrow to the right of the frame and select the event that interests you from the drop-down list.
For more details on events, see Managing enterprise events.9. Select the Period.
10. Click OK.
Enterprise stage characteristics
The characteristics of an enterprise stage, an enterprise and a transformation stage are identical.
The Characteristics property page of an enterprise stage provides access to the following information:
• Name,
• Owner, the current enterprise for an enterprise stage or a transformation stage,
• the Start event of the enterprise or the stage,
• the End event of the enterprise or the stage,
• the Description text.
Enterprise stage properties
The properties of an enterprise stage, an enterprise and a transformation stage are identical.
With HOPEX Business Architecture, an enterprise stage is described by:
• A Characteristics page.
For more details on enterprise stages, see Enterprise stage characteristics• In the Structure page, the Enterprise sub-stage section is used to describe the enterprise sub-stages that define the enterprise stage described.
For more details on enterprise sub-stages, see Creating an Enterprise Stage• In the Structure page, the Mean, End and Exhibited business capability sections are used to access the strategic components of the transformation stage.
For more details on strategic elements, see Defining the strategic transformation elements.• The Implementation page provides access to the components that define the enterprise stage.
For more details on implementation of a transformation plan, see Describing implementation of an enterprise stage.• The Usage page provides access to the enterprise stages that use the transformation stage described.
For more details on enterprise sub-stages, see Managing enterprise events• The Gantt view page provides access to the scheduling representation.
For more details on Gantt diagrams, see Using Gantt Charts.• The Capability assessment page provides access to the assessment facilities in an enterprise stage.
For more details on assessing capability maps, see Using business capability maps.