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Defining Enterprise strategic elements

Strategic elements of an enterprise are classified in the following categories:

• Ends, see: Identifying enterprise ends,

• The transformation stages, see Defining transformation stages.

Identifying enterprise ends

Creating Enterprise goals

The enterprise goals are determining elements in your enterprise model since they interconnect the ends of the enterprise transformation with the objectives of the transformation stages.

A Goal tends to be longer term, and defined qualitatively rather than quantitatively. It should be sufficiently narrow-focused that Objectives can be defined for it.

To create an enterprise goal:

1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Motivation.

2. Click the Goals tab.

3. Click New button.

The Enterprise Goal is created.

The Characteristics property pages of an enterprise goal is used to access:

• its Name,

• its Owner, by default the current enterprise.

• the Comment text.

• the Supported Visions section, which specifies the Visions connected to the enterprise goal.

For further details, see Creating Visions.

Creating Enterprise Objectives

An objective is a goal that a company/organization wants to achieve, or the target set for a Personnel Function or an operation. An objective allows you to highlight the features in a Personnel Function or operation that require improvement.

To create an Enterprise Objective:

1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Motivation.

2. Click the Objectives tab.

3. Click New button.

The Enterprise Objective is created.

The Characteristics property page of an enterprise objective is used to access:

• its Name,

• its Owner, by default the current transformation stage.

• the Comment text.

• the Supported Goals section provides the list of Enterprise goals covered by the objective.

For further details, see Creating Enterprise goals.

• The Supported Objectives section provides the list of Enterprise objectives to satisfy.

Creating Visions

A Vision is the ultimate, possibly unattainable, state the enterprise would like to achieve. A Vision is often compound, rather than focused toward one particular aspect of the business problem. A Vision is supported or made operative by Missions. It is amplified by Goals.

To create a Vision:

1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Motivation.

2. Click the Visions tab.

3. Click New button.

The Vision is created.

The Characteristics property page of a vision is used to access:

• its Name,

• its Owner, by default the current transformation stage.

• the Comment text.

Defining Means

To ensure that the strategies and tactics implemented in the enterprise correspond to the enterprise goals, you can use HOPEX IT Business Management to align the objects representing the ends of the strategy with the means to be implemented.

A Strategy is one component of the plan for the Mission. A Strategy represents the essential Course of Action to achieve Ends (Goals in particular). A Strategy usually channels efforts towards those Goals. A Strategy is accepted by the enterprise as the right approach to achieve its Goals, given the environmental constraints and risks.

To check the consistency of the transformation plan, each strategy is connected to an enterprise goal.

Creating a Mission

A mission indicates the ongoing operational activity of the enterprise. The Mission describes what the business is or will be doing on a day-to-day basis. A Mission makes a Vision operative; that is, it indicates the ongoing activity that makes the Vision a reality. A Mission is planned by means of Strategies.

To describe a Mission:

1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Motivation.

2. Click the Missions tab.

3. Click New button.

The Mission is created.

The Characteristics property page of a Mission is used to access:

• its Name,

• its Owner, by default the current transformation stage.

• the Comment text.

The Ends Support & Means Refinement property page of a Mission provide access to:

• the Supported Ends section provides the list of Visions supported by the Mission.

For further details, see Creating Visions.

• The Refining Means section provides the list of Strategies to use in the context of the Mission.

For further details, see Creating a Strategy.

Creating a Tactic

A Tactic is a Course of Action that implements part of a Strategy. Tactics generally channel efforts towards Objectives.

To create a Tactic:

1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Motivation.

2. Click the Tactics tab.

3. Click New.

The Tactic is created.

The Characteristics property page of a Tactic is used to access:

• its Name,

• its Owner, by default the current transformation stage.

• the Comment text.

• the list of Strategies that the tactic implements in the Supported Strategies section.

For further details, see Creating a Strategy.

The Ends Support & Means Refinement property page of a Mission provide access to:

• the Supported Ends section provides the list of Objectives covered by the Tactic.

For further details, see Creating Enterprise Objectives.

Creating a Strategy

A Capability Map is an assembly of Capabilities and their Dependencies that, together, provide a capability scope for an Enterprise Stage.

To create a strategy:

1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Motivation.

2. Click the Strategy tab.

3. Click New.

The Strategy is created.

The Characteristics properties page of the strategy provides access to:

• its Name,

• Its Enterprise,

• the Comment text.

• the Business Objective Contribution can be an Objective or a Goal.

For further details, see Identifying enterprise ends.

• the list of Supported Missions.

For further details, see Creating a Mission.