Describing a Capability
A Capability can be based on business sub-capabilities. The capabilities expected by the Capabilities described are the capabilities associated with each business sub-capability.
With HOPEX UAF, the capability structure diagram describes the composition of a Capability.
Creating a Capability
You can create a new Capability in several ways:
• From the Capability map diagram,
• From the properties page of a Capability map,
• From the navigation menu.
To create a Capability :
1. From the navigation menu, select Strategic > Taxonomy - Structure.
2. Click the Capabilities tab.
The Capability list appears.
3. Click New.
The new Capability appears in the list.
The properties of a Capability
The Characteristics property page of the Capability map provides access to:
• its Owner, by default on creation of the Capability, the current enterprise.
• its Name,
• the text of its Description.
With HOPEX UAF a Capability is described by the following pages:
• the Structure page specifies a part of the list of components that constitute the Capability described, as well as the dependencies between these components,
For more details on the structures of a Capability, see Using the capability components.• the Expected Capabilities page is used to specify a list of business skills and functionalities that are expected from the Capability.
For more details on the skills and functionalities associated with a Capability, see Defining the business skills and functionalities associated with Capabilities.• The Fulfillments page provides access to the components realizing the Capability.
For more details on capacity fulfillment, see Capability Fulfillment.• the Diagram page is used to create Capability diagrams.
For more details, see Creating a capability structure diagram.Creating a capability structure diagram
To create a capability structure diagram:
1. Right-click the Capability that interests you and select New > Diagram.
2. Select Capability structure Diagram.
The diagram opens in the edit area. The frame of the Capability described appears in the diagram.
You can construct this diagram in tabular input mode.
The components represented in a Capability structure diagram are Capability Composition. Each capability composition is associated with a Capability.
A Capability component is the involvement of a Capability in the context of a Capability map (one and only one) linked to an enterprise.For more details on how to use business components in a diagram, see Using the capability components.A dependency link between one capability composition and another is used to specify the elements on which this dependency is based, that is, the effect of one required by the effect of the other.
For more details on creating dependency links between two capability compositions, see Defining Capability dependencies: The capability compositions and their dependencies appear in the Structure property page of the Capability described.
Defining the business skills and functionalities associated with Capabilities
Each Capability is associated with functionalities that it is able to provide and that it needs to ensure its functionalities.
To associate a skill with a Capability:
1. Open the Expected Capabilities properties window of the Capability.
2. In the Expected Business Skill section, click New.
An Expected Business Skill creation dialog box opens.
3. Click, for the Connect a Business Skill check box.
4. Specify the name of the skill.
5. Click OK.
The business skill appears in the list of skills associated with the Capability.
For more information on business skills, see Personnel Constraints. To associate a functionality with a Capability:
1. Open the property pages of the Capability concerned and select the Expected Capabilities page.
2. In the Expected Functionality section, click New.
An Add functionality window appears:
3. Click the down arrow.
4. Select a functionality.
5. Click OK.
The functionality appears in the list of functionalities associated with the Capability.
The business skills, functionalities and the expected effects appear in the diagrams, at the bottom of the frame of the capability described.
A report is available to check the suitability between the Capability map and the operational environment, for more details, see Reports on Capabilities.
Capability Fulfillment
A capability can be implemented by different types of object such as a Operational Performer, Operational Domain, a Personnel Function or an Application.
To associate an Application to a Capability, you must create a capability fulfillment.
To specify that a Capability is fulfilled by an Application:
1. Open the Fulfillments property page of the Capability that interests you.
2. Click New.
The Implementation creation dialog box opens.
3. Select Business Capability Fulfillment and click Next.
4. Select Reuse objects.
5. Select Application.
6. Select the Application that interests you and click OK.
The Capability fulfillment appears in the list with the name of the selected Application.
Reports on Capabilities
HOPEX UAF offers you the possibility to get a UAF Strategy Taxonomy report component report detailing the ownership between capabilities.
The Breakdown Report of Capabilities
You can use this report to display the realization coverage of Capability elements by operational elements such as logical and physical applications, application systems, etc.
The example below enables viewing of the coverage rate of the Capability map specified as parameters by processes.
For more details on Capability maps, see Describing a Capability Map.
Example of a Capability map breakdown report
For more details on use of a breakdown report, see Handling a Breakdown ReportFor more details on use of a breakdown report, see the, chapter "Handling a Breakdown Report" in the HOPEX Common Features guide.