STRUCTURED IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS FUNCTIONALITY CHANGES
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1. In a computer architecture, a method for implementing a structured change to some aspect of an organization, the method comprising:
- an act of identifying a set of conditions relevant to the ability of one or more of the organization'"'"'s business capabilities, determining relevancy including;
an act of referring to a pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary defining a range of business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary providing a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider business change in a uniform manner and providing a mechanism to produce consistent repeatable results for considered business changes;
an act of referring to a collection of business capabilities representing the performance of the organization; and
an act of determining that the set of conditions is relevant to the one or more business capabilities, from among the collection of business capabilities, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change;
an act of identifying any significant business capabilities, from among the relevant business capabilities, that expressly and in an asserted fashion impact the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions;
an act of determining that a change to portion of the significant business capabilities would improve the performance of the organization in a cost efficient manner, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the determination including;
an act of identifying the significance of the change to apply to the portion of significant business capabilities; and
an act of identifying the level of coordination within the organization for applying the change to the portion of significant business capabilities; and
an act of applying the change to the portion of the significant business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions.
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Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for structured implementation of business functionality changes. A pre-defined resource vocabulary is utilized to assist in determining if a business capability change is worthwhile. The pre-defined resource vocabulary provides a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider business capability changes in a uniform, repeatable, and consistent manner.
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1. In a computer architecture, a method for implementing a structured change to some aspect of an organization, the method comprising:
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an act of identifying a set of conditions relevant to the ability of one or more of the organization'"'"'s business capabilities, determining relevancy including; an act of referring to a pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary defining a range of business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary providing a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider business change in a uniform manner and providing a mechanism to produce consistent repeatable results for considered business changes; an act of referring to a collection of business capabilities representing the performance of the organization; and an act of determining that the set of conditions is relevant to the one or more business capabilities, from among the collection of business capabilities, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change; an act of identifying any significant business capabilities, from among the relevant business capabilities, that expressly and in an asserted fashion impact the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions; an act of determining that a change to portion of the significant business capabilities would improve the performance of the organization in a cost efficient manner, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the determination including; an act of identifying the significance of the change to apply to the portion of significant business capabilities; and an act of identifying the level of coordination within the organization for applying the change to the portion of significant business capabilities; and an act of applying the change to the portion of the significant business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for use in a computer architecture, The computer program product for implementing a method for implementing a structured change to some aspect of an organization, the computer program product comprising one or more computer storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer architecture to perform the method including the following:
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identify a set of conditions relevant to the ability of one or more of the organization'"'"'s business capabilities, determining relevancy including; referring to a pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary defining a range of business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary providing a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider business change in a uniform manner and providing a mechanism to produce consistent repeatable results for considered business changes; referring to a collection of business capabilities representing the performance of the organization; and determining that the set of conditions is relevant to the one or more business capabilities, from among the collection of business capabilities, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change; identify any significant business capabilities, from among the relevant business capabilities, that expressly and in an asserted fashion impact the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions; determine that a change to portion of the significant business capabilities would improve the performance of the organization in a cost efficient manner, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the determination including; identifying the significance of the change to apply to the portion of significant business capabilities; and identifying the level of coordination within the organization for applying the change to the portion of significant business capabilities; and apply the change to the portion of the significant business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer system, the computer system comprising:
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one or more processors; system memory; one or more computer storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions of a relevancy module, a significance module, and performance evaluator, wherein the relevancy module is configured to; identify a set of conditions relevant to the ability of one or more of the organization'"'"'s business capabilities, determining relevancy including; referring to a pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary defining a range of business change, the pre-defined common vocabulary providing a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider business change in a uniform manner and providing a mechanism to produce consistent repeatable results for considered business changes; referring to a collection of business capabilities representing the performance of the organization; and determining that the set of conditions is relevant to the one or more business capabilities, from among the collection of business capabilities, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change; wherein the significance module is configured to; identify any significant business capabilities, from among the relevant business capabilities, that expressly and in an asserted fashion impact the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions; and wherein the performance evaluator is configured to; determine that a change to portion of the significant business capabilities would improve the performance of the organization, based on the pre-defined common vocabulary for business change, the determination including referring to a multi-axis change spectrum to; identify the significance of the change to apply to the portion of significant business capabilities; and identify the level of coordination within the organization for applying the change to the portion of significant business capabilities; assign a cost to the change based on the significance and level of coordination identified from the multi-axis change spectrum; simulate implementation of the change within the organization to identify any improved performance of the organization resulting from the change; evaluate the improved performance against the assigned cost to determine if the change is worthwhile; apply the change to the portion of the significant business capabilities in response to the evaluation so as to improve the performance of the organization in view of the set of conditions.
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