A Comparative Analysis of Using the Capability Notion for Congruent Business and Information Systems Engineering

Abstract

Abstract. The notion of capability has been gaining a growing attention in the business and information system (IS) engineering community due to a number of reasons: it facilitates focus on business investments, it can be used as a baseline for business planning, and it directly leads to service specification and design. It is not however widely known to what extent capability is considered in different modeling approaches, how it is defined, and what purpose it fulfills. This article analyzes how the notion of capability is included in the frameworks spanning from business-oriented such as Business Architecture and Business Value Modeling, to the alignment-oriented represented by Enterprise Architecture (EA), and Enterprise Modeling (EM). The results of the analysis have shown that capability has widespread presence in the frameworks and that its conceptual meaning is largely similar, while the intentions and the mechanisms of its use differ, which raises stimulating opportunities for new contributions and improvements in the field.

Development of Capability Driven Development Methodology: Experiences and Recommendations

“…CDD was also analyzed with respect to the current EM and Enterprise Architecture contributions that include the concept of capability for similar purposes [20].…”

“…To respond to this challenge of continuous adaptation, the EU FP7 project "Capability as a Service in digital enterprises" (CaaS) [1] developed a methodology for capturing and analyzing the influence of the business application context on the IS using the notion of capability. The concept of capability is generally used as an abstraction to define what a core business does [2]. For instance, "an ability and a capacity for an enterprise to deliver value, either to customers or shareholders, right beneath the business strategy" [3], or "the ability of one or more resources to deliver a specified type of effect or a specified course of action" [4].…”

Business Architecture Model in Strategic Information System Management for Effective Railway Supply Chain Perspective

“…A good BA will portray the association both as it is today and as it is imagined later and will plan the different perspectives speaking to the design [8]. These perspectives incorporate both industry-situated points of view just as a specialized viewpoint [9]. In Canada, various degrees of RSC use BA to give structural surveys of key pointers and to organize the recognizable proof of new and basic parts and administrations inside the legislature [10].…”

Analisando O Alinhamento Estratégico De Recursos Humanos Através De Modelos Organizacionais

“…(Stirna et al, 2012), (Danesh&Yu, 2014), , (Bērziša et al, 2015), (Danesh&Yu, 2015), (Loucopoulos et al, 2016), (Zdravkovic, 2017) Também baseado na teoria da RBV (Stirna et al, 2012), , o conceito de Capacidade é referenciado por diversas propostas sob as mesmas características identificadas para competência. Inclusive, há autores que adotam o termo "Capacidades principais" (Core capabilities) (Azevedo et al, 2015), (Grant, 1996).…”

“…O temo capacidade representaria "o que" enquanto processos e pessoas representariam "como". (Zdravkovic et al, 2017) faz uma revisão do conceito de capacidade nas principais abordagens de Modelagem e Arquitetura Empresarial. Seu trabalho demonstra diversas referências na aplicação do termo, destacando-se principalmente no alto nível, confirmando o consenso apresentado por .…”