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From Capabilities to Services
Modelling for Business-IT Alignment
Source: http://dilbert.com/strip/1996-02-27@trondhjort
Business Capabilities
Theodor Kittelsen. Soria Moria slott , 1900
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@trondhjort Source: Baruco 2012: Micro-Service Architecture, by Fred George
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-Udi Dahan
“A service is the technical
authority for a specific
business capability.”
Photo: DDD Europe 2017
@trondhjort Source: InfoQ books 2006
Source: “From Capabilities to Services: Moving from a Business Architecture to an IT Implementation”, Homann & Tobey 2006@trondhjort
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“A business capability
represents the ability for a
business to do something.”
Source: The Open Group 2016 in G161, ‘Open Group Guide: Business Capabilities‘
“A business capability is a
particular ability or capacity
that a business may possess or
exchange to achieve a specific
purpose or outcome.”
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@trondhjort Source: https://cognitive-edge.com/blog/liminal-cynefin-image-release/
Business-IT Alignment
Source: Sam Homer, https://businessways.com/organization-need-businessit-alignment/@trondhjort
@trondhjort Source: "EDA: SOA through the looking glass", Udi Dahan 2009
Source: "EDA: SOA through the looking glass", Udi Dahan 2009@trondhjort
Business Capability Mapping
The What, not the How
initially neither Who nor Why
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Business
Capabilities
Business
processes
Roles,
responsibilities,
and KPIs
Organisational
structure
Source: http://bill-poole.blogspot.com/2008/07/value-chain-analysis.html@trondhjort
A Capability is…
Stable
Cohesive
Self-contained
Independant
Hierarchical
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A Capability is not…
A department
A business process
A function
A data entity
An IT system
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A Capability is defined by…
People
Process
Information
Tools
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Collaborative Working
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The Enterprise
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
4
Source: Example by Ulrich Kalex, The Open Group@trondhjort
The Enterprise
Corporate Management
Market
Dev.
Oversight
Product
Dev.
Support
&
Services
Delivery
The Enterprise
Source: Business Capability Management, Ulrich Kalex 2011@trondhjort
Corporate Management
Market
Dev.
Oversight
Product
Dev.
Support
&
Services
Market Development
Contact Man.
Revenue
Analysis
Regional
Market
Man.
Order
and
Contract
Man.
Market
Analysis
Delivery
Direct Marketing
Channel Man. Sales Man.
Labour and Welfare
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Corporate Management
Service development
Assistive
Employment assistance
User management
Portfolio management
Employment
assistance
Social
assistance
Family
assistance
Statistics
Pension
assistance
Benefits
Unemployment
assistance
Employer
support
Sick leave
assistance
Employment
service
Internet Service Provider
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Corporate Management
Develop services
Sell services
Recommendations
Build
accesses
Sell services
Deliver
services
Insight Finance
Outgoing sales
Seller efficiency
Incoming sales
Planning
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Name Service feasibility check
Description
The ability to check what type of technical access
infrastructure is available at a given address.
Components
Roles
User: Customer
Business unit: Technical infrastructure
Processes
Feasibility search
Service inventory
Information
Technical address, networks, access types,
broadband speed, …
Tools
Kapaks, search component, address index.
Using the business capability model
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Business consulting
Business analysis
Strategic planning
Heat maps
@trondhjort Source: The Open Group 2016 in G161, ‘Open Group Guide: Business Capabilities‘
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Business consulting
Business analysis
Strategic planning
Heat maps
Data Management
Organisation
Planning
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“Products-mode works best when teams are organized to be
simultaneously aligned with business relevant capabilities and
with enterprise architecture boundaries.”
Source: "Products Over Projects", Sriram Narayan 2018
“Without the former, they may lose alignment with business
goals. Without the latter, they lose out on autonomy.”
Product over projects
@trondhjort Source: Alignment at Scale, Henrik Kniberg 2016
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Business consulting
Business analysis
Strategic planning
Heat maps
Data Management
Technical design
Organisation
Planning
Divide and Rule
From capabilities to services   modelling for business-it alignment v.2
Photo: Tori Hogan
From Capabilities to Services
Modelling for Business-IT Alignment
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