Organizational Capability Identification

The Capability View is created using the Capability Viewpoint. The view includes one or more Capability Models based upon the capability concept. This view represents the High Level Design of the capabilities of the organization. The following capability model is an example of an overall set of capabilities for an organization.

Organizaitonal Capability Model

The typical Top Level Capabilities that are realized by organizations are:

These top level capabilities are shown in the following diagram:

Organization Capabilities:  Management, Innovation and Change, and Delivery and Operation

The Porter Value Chain provides a good model for the identification of the capabilities used in an organisation. The value chain is shown in the following picture:

The Porter Value Chain, by Michael Porter, can be used to represent typical capabilities for a whole organization.

Principles for further Design and Implementation are included in the Process Design and Patterns.

As organizations grow, the number and mix of these systems changes depending upon the selected operating model.

There are a number of types of operating models that have evolved: