Describing business functions
A business function is a conceptual unit of the division of responsibilities in an enterprise. It is used to structure the management of information processing, energy, and equipment produced or used. Business functions define the skills and the functionalities necessary to the enterprise to fulfill its mission.Accessing the list of business functions
To access the list of business functions using the Inventories navigation pane:
1. Select Business Functions.
The tree of business functional areas appears.
2. Expand the folder of the business functional area that interests you.
The list of business functions connected to the concerned business functional area appears.
Business properties
The Characteristics properties page of a business function provides access to:
• its Owner, by default on creation of the business function, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
• its Owned Realizations
For more details on creating a business capability, see Creating Fulfillment of a Business capability.With HOPEX IT Business Management , a business function is described by the following pages:
• the Required Abilities page is used to specify a list of skills and functionalities required by the business.
For more details, see Describing functionalities.• the Performed Process page, which provides access to the value streams executed.