LINKING ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES TO PERFORMING CAPABILITIES
First Claim
1. In a computer architecture, a method for determining what impact a change in performance of a business capability has on an organizational strategy, the method comprising:
- an act of accessing a schema-based model for an organization, the schema-based model modeling a plurality of interrelated business capabilities for the organization, each business capability representing a portion of what work the organization does, the work of a subset of the business capabilities contributing to a strategy for the organization;
an act of accessing a schema-based representation of the organizational strategy, the schema-based representation of the organizational strategy defined in accordance with a strategy schema, the strategy schema defining various attributes for organizational strategies, including defining at least metrics for evaluating the performance of the organizational strategy and schema-based links to the subset of business capabilities contributing to the performance of the organizational strategy;
an act of accessing a schema-based initiative to implement a portion of the organizational strategy, the schema-based initiative defining planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities;
an act of determining that the performance improvement from planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities outweighs the cost of the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities, the determination including;
an act of simulating the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities of the schema-based initiative;
an act of determining property values for the schema-based links for the selected subset of capabilities, the property values determined from the performance of the subset of business capabilities based on the simulated planned changes to the one of the of the subset of business capabilities;
an act of calculating the metrics for the organizational strategy from the property values for the schema-based links; and
an act of comparing the calculated metrics to planned performance changes for the organizational strategy to determine the actual impact that the planned performance changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities has on the performance of the organizational strategy; and
an act of applying the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the organizational strategy.
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Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for linking organizational strategies to performing capabilities. Embodiments of the invention include determining what impact proposed capability changes in an initiative/program/project for an organizational strategy have on the organizational strategy'"'"'s performance. Schema-based representations of organizational strategies and initiatives are used to provide a common vocabulary for describing changes to organizational strategies. Proposed changes can be evaluated against an impact/value contribution curve, potentially on an ongoing basis, to determine their benefit. Corrective action can be taken when operations/tactics are trend outside of specified metrics
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20 Claims
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1. In a computer architecture, a method for determining what impact a change in performance of a business capability has on an organizational strategy, the method comprising:
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an act of accessing a schema-based model for an organization, the schema-based model modeling a plurality of interrelated business capabilities for the organization, each business capability representing a portion of what work the organization does, the work of a subset of the business capabilities contributing to a strategy for the organization; an act of accessing a schema-based representation of the organizational strategy, the schema-based representation of the organizational strategy defined in accordance with a strategy schema, the strategy schema defining various attributes for organizational strategies, including defining at least metrics for evaluating the performance of the organizational strategy and schema-based links to the subset of business capabilities contributing to the performance of the organizational strategy; an act of accessing a schema-based initiative to implement a portion of the organizational strategy, the schema-based initiative defining planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities; an act of determining that the performance improvement from planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities outweighs the cost of the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities, the determination including; an act of simulating the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities of the schema-based initiative; an act of determining property values for the schema-based links for the selected subset of capabilities, the property values determined from the performance of the subset of business capabilities based on the simulated planned changes to the one of the of the subset of business capabilities; an act of calculating the metrics for the organizational strategy from the property values for the schema-based links; and an act of comparing the calculated metrics to planned performance changes for the organizational strategy to determine the actual impact that the planned performance changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities has on the performance of the organizational strategy; and an act of applying the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the organizational strategy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for use in a computer architecture, the computer program product for implementing a method for determining what impact a change in performance of a business capability has on an organizational strategy, 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
access a schema-based model for an organization, the schema-based model modeling a plurality of interrelated business capabilities for the organization, each business capability representing a portion of what work the organization does, the work of a subset of the business capabilities contributing to a strategy for the organization; -
access a schema-based representation of the organizational strategy, the schema-based representation of the organizational strategy defined in accordance with a strategy schema, the strategy schema defining various attributes for organizational strategies, including defining at least metrics for evaluating the performance of the organizational strategy and schema-based links to the subset of business capabilities contributing to the performance of the organizational strategy; access a schema-based initiative to implement a portion of the organizational strategy, the schema-based initiative defining planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities; determine that the performance improvement from planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities outweighs the cost of the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities, the determination including; simulating the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities of the schema-based initiative; determining property values for the schema-based links for the selected subset of capabilities, the property values determined from the performance of the subset of business capabilities based on the simulated planned changes to the one of the of the subset of business capabilities; calculating the metrics for the organizational strategy from the property values for the schema-based links; and comparing the calculated metrics to planned performance changes for the organizational strategy to determine the actual impact that the planned performance changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities has on the performance of the organizational strategy; and apply the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the organizational strategy. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a computer architecture, a method for determining what impact a change in performance of a business capability has on a business strategy, the method comprising:
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an act of accessing a schema-based business architecture model for a business, the schema-based business architecture model modeling a plurality of interrelated business capabilities for the business, each business capability representing a portion of what work the business does, at least one business capability being internal to a company and at least once business capability being external to the company, the business architecture model bridging between the company and an industry so that the company can develop industry wide business strategies; an act of accessing a schema-based representation of the business strategy for the company, the schema-based representation of the business strategy defined in accordance with a strategy schema, the strategy schema defining various attributes for business strategies, including defining at least metrics for evaluating the performance of the business strategy and schema-based links to a subset of business capabilities contributing to the performance of the business strategy, an act of accessing a schema-based initiative to implement a portion of the business strategy, the schema-based initiative defining planned changes to an identified subset of one or more business capabilities, including at least one internal business capability and at least one external business capability; an act of determining that the performance improvement from planned changes to one or more of the subset of business capabilities outweighs the cost of the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities, the determination including; an act of simulating the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities of the schema-based initiative; an act of determining property values for the schema-based links for the selected subset of capabilities, the property values determined from the performance of the subset of business capabilities based on the simulated planned changes to the one of the of the subset of business capabilities; an act of calculating the metrics for the business strategy from the property values for the schema-based links; and an act of comparing the calculated metrics to planned performance changes for the business strategy to determine the actual impact that the planned performance changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities has on the performance of the business strategy; and an act of applying the planned changes to the one or more of the subset of business capabilities in response to the determination so as to improve the performance of the business strategy for the company. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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