{"id":6306,"date":"2022-12-16T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T08:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2023-01-18T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T07:45:21","slug":"capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/capability\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Capability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Business Capability combines business and IT together. Business capabilities contain all the operational elements of an organization. Business capabilities&nbsp;represent&nbsp;<em>WHAT<\/em>&nbsp;an organization needs to fulfill its&nbsp;<em>mission<\/em>&nbsp;and execute its&nbsp;business.&nbsp;A business capability describes what the business does and should not be confused with just the skills or competencies of the people [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jibility.com\/what-is-capability-based-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuen Seet<\/a>]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>business capability hexagon<\/strong> illustrates the anatomy of a business capability.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Business-Capability-pentagon-with-interfaces-1.png\" alt=\"anatomy of business capability\" class=\"wp-image-5715\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Business-Capability-pentagon-with-interfaces-1.png 1190w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Business-Capability-pentagon-with-interfaces-1-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Business-Capability-pentagon-with-interfaces-1-1024x891.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Business-Capability-pentagon-with-interfaces-1-768x669.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure: Anatomy of a Business Capability.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Business capabilities are central components of the organization. As they contain all the operational elements, the business capabilities can be used for executing the business strategy and executing the business. The role of business capability in overall development is illustrated in the figure below.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capability-Based-Business-Development-2.png\" alt=\"capability-based development\" class=\"wp-image-6260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capability-Based-Business-Development-2.png 852w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capability-Based-Business-Development-2-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Capability-Based-Business-Development-2-768x348.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Figure<\/strong>: Business Capability is a key component.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Business capabilities are stable by their nature. They change when the business changes. That is why it is valuable to identify the capabilities and make them visible within a capability map. This map shows the whole organization on one page. An example capability map is shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Business-Capability-Map-example.png\" alt=\"capability map\" class=\"wp-image-5799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Business-Capability-Map-example.png 1290w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Business-Capability-Map-example-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Business-Capability-Map-example-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Business-Capability-Map-example-768x449.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Figure<\/strong>: Capability Map example<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hosiaisluoma.fi\/blog\/capability-based-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capability-based development<\/a> for more details&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Capability combines business and IT together. 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