Building an Enterprise Diagram
An enterprise diagram is used to describe the links between goals, strategies, tactics and transformation stages.
Creating an Enterprise Diagram
To create an Enterprise Diagram:
1. Select the enterprise concerned and click New > Diagram.
2. Select Enterprise Diagram.
The diagram opens in the edit area. The frame of the described enterprise appears in the diagram.
Describing the strategic elements
The components represented in an enterprise diagram are the strategic elements connected to the enterprise and to its Transformation stages.
A Business Transformation Stage is a kind of Enterprise Transformation Stage aiming at the alignment of the enterprise business operating model to its business strategy and corresponding exhibited business capabilities (business model).
For more details, see The strategic elements of a transformation phase.The components represented in an enterprise diagram are :
• The enterprise ends, described by the enterprise goals and the enterprise objectives (that are described at the transformation stages)).
A goal tends to be longer term, and defined qualitatively rather than quantitatively. It should be narrow-focused enough that goals can be defined for it.An Enterprise Objective is a quantifiable end that a company/organization wants to achieve for a given Enterprise Stage. An Enterprise Objective may support an Enterprise Goal; it may be refined into sub-objectives. An Enterprise Objective may concern a defined Exhibited Capability and be addressed by a defined Tactic.• The enterprise means that are described by strategies at the enterprise level and by tactics at the transformation stage level.
A strategy is a component of a mission. It represents a means of action essential to achievement of ends of the enterprise, and more practically its goals. A strategy channels enterprise efforts towards these goals. A strategy is the approach considered by the enterprise as being the best suited to achieving its goals, taking account of constraints imposed by the environment and by risks.A tactic is a course of action that implements part of a strategy. Tactics generally channel efforts towards objectives.