Capabilities Inventory and Attributes - Governance Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Capabilities Inventory and Attributes
Governance Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Governance attributes document the frameworks, bodies, and review processes that govern each Capability — and the dates that anchor the governance cycle.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Governing Framework | Walk | Description — The capability framework or standard that informed the definition and classification of this Capability. Benefit(s) — Enables traceability between the enterprise capability map and external standards. Source — Manual Examples — BIZBOK (Business Architecture Guild), eTOM (Telecommunications), BIAN (Banking), HL7 (Healthcare), TOGAF, Enterprise-Defined Notes — If no external framework was used, enter Enterprise-Defined. |
| Governing Body | Walk | Description — The organizational body or function responsible for approving changes to this Capability’s definition, hierarchy position, and governance attributes. Benefit(s) — Ensures changes to the capability map are governed rather than informal. Source — Manual Examples — Enterprise Architecture Review Board, Business Architecture Committee, Portfolio Governance Board |
| Review Cadence | Walk | Description — How often this Capability record is formally reviewed for accuracy, completeness, and currency. Benefit(s) — Ensures governance attention is proportional to strategic importance. Source — Manual Examples — Quarterly, Semi-Annual, Annual Notes — Minimum: Annual for all Active Capabilities. Quarterly recommended for Investment Priority = Invest or Business Importance = Very High. |
| Last Reviewed Date | Walk | Description — The date on which this Capability record was most recently reviewed under its governance cadence. Benefit(s) — Surfaces Capabilities whose review is overdue against the established cadence. Anchors the audit trail of inventory governance activity. Source — Manual Examples — 2026-03-15, 2025-12-01 |
| Next Review Date | Walk | Description — The next scheduled review date for this Capability, computed from the Last Reviewed Date and the Review Cadence. Benefit(s) — Drives the inventory’s governance work queue. Makes upcoming review obligations visible without requiring computation. Source — Derived Examples — 2026-09-15, 2026-12-01 Notes — At Crawl maturity, populated manually. At Walk and Run maturity, derived automatically from Last Reviewed Date plus Review Cadence. |
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