NCV-2 Capability Taxonomy
The NCV-2 subview provides a structured list of the capabilities and sub-capabilities required for the vision established in the NCV-1 subview.
A Business Capability is a set of features that can be made available by a system (an enterprise or an automated system).This list of capabilities is to be delivered for a particular timeframe. It has a hierarchical structure where capabilities are sometimes subdivided into sub capabilities and/or functions in order to provide clarity and the appropriate level of granularity required by subsequent processes in the capability management process.
The NCV-2 Report Template
The NCV-2 report template comes with two parameters:
• The Architecture parameter, which specifies the architecture to be analyzed.
• The Capabilities parameter, which is an optional parameter. You can limit the scope of the study to a selection of capabilities by setting one or more capabilities. All the capabilities of the architecture are used in the study if this parameter is not set.
The NCV-2 Capability Composition Hierarchy Chapter
This chapter gives the structure of a set of capabilities. It can be used as a source document to develop high-level use cases and user requirements.
The information in the chapter is presented in diagram form, if the corresponding diagram exists, as well as in table form, with comments for the capabilities.
Example of the Capability Composition Hierarchy Chapter
The NCV-2 Capability Specialization Hierarchy Chapter
The NCV- 2 capability specialization hierarchy chapter shows how the capability hierarchies of the architecture are specialized.
The varied capabilities are presented in a table along with their variants. The libraries to which the capability belongs as well as the comments of these objects are also indicated.
To create new specializations (variants), use the New > Variant command on the capability to be varied (specialized).
The NCV-2 Capability Generalization Hierarchy Chapter
The NCV-2 capability generalization hierarchy chapter shows how the capability hierarchies of the architecture are generalized.
The variants of capabilities are presented in table form along with the varied capabilities (capability from which the variant was created). The comments and library to which the capability belong are also presented.
To add a new generalization, use the Connect > Variant Of command of the specialized item (variant).
The NCV-2 Capability Dictionary Chapter
The Capability Dictionary report lists all the capabilities required for the NCV-1 with their type and definition.
This chapter is divided into several sections:
• The first section consists of a list of all the capabilities included in the architecture, with their short name, long name and a comment/ definition.
• The second section is dedicated to the root capabilities.
• For each Root capability, a table is provided with a list of the sub-capabilities and their definitions. The diagrams of the root capabilities are also provided.
The possible diagrams are:
• Capability Tree diagram
• Capability structure diagram
Example of Capability Dictionary Chapter
Example of Capability Dictionary Chapter with Diagram