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DETERMINING CAPABILITY INTERDEPENDENCY/CONSTRAINTS AND ANALYZING RISK IN BUSINESS ARCHITECTURES

  • US 20100318395A1
  • Filed: 06/16/2009
  • Published: 12/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At a computer system, the computer system including a processor and system memory, a method for identifying interdependency between business capabilities and underlying components that provide functionality to the business capabilities, the method comprising:

  • an act of accessing a business capability model for an organization, the business capability model including a plurality hierarchically arranged business capabilities, each business capability representing a portion of what the business organization does, each business capability in the business capability model connected to one or more other business capabilities in the capability model;

    for each business capability in the business capability model, an act of the processor determining the dependence and constraints of the business organization on the business capability, including;

    an act of determining the number of connections between the business capability and other business capabilities;

    an act of identifying each connection between the business capability and another business capability;

    an act of determining the connection type for each identified connection between the business capability and another business capability; and

    an act of assigning a dependence value to the accessed business capability based on number and type of connections between the business capability and the other business capabilities;

    an act of creating an interdependency and constraints view of the business organization, including;

    an act of calculating the interdependence of each business capability relative to the other business capabilities based on the assigned dependence values;

    an act of spatially arranging the business capabilities relative to one another according the hierarchal arrangement; and

    an act of assigning a visual indicator to each business capability based on the calculated interdependence for the business capability such that business capabilities with different calculated interdependence can be visually distinguished from one another.

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