Capabilities Inventory and Attributes - Strategic Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Capabilities Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 13. Strategic Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Strategic attributes capture the enterprise’s stated direction for each Capability — how important it is, what the investment intention is, how it aligns to strategic goals, and how investment in it is currently classified.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Investment Priority | Crawl | Description — The enterprise’s stated intention for investment in this Capability: whether to actively grow and strengthen it, maintain it at current levels, or reduce investment and plan for exit. Benefit(s) — Drives portfolio investment decisions in APM and TPM by connecting technology investment to explicit capability-level intentions. Source — Manual Examples — Invest, Sustain, Disinvest Notes — Valid values: Invest, Sustain, Disinvest. Must be set by the Business Owner with Executive Sponsor approval. The single most consequential governance attribute in this inventory. |
| Business Importance | Walk | Description — The Business Owner’s assessment of how critical this Capability is to the enterprise’s ability to operate and compete. Benefit(s) — Enables risk-weighted portfolio analysis — identifying high-importance capabilities underpowered by their supporting technology. Source — Manual Examples — Very High, High, Medium, Low, Very Low Notes — Valid values: Very High │ High │ Medium │ Low │ Very Low. Assessed annually. |
| Strategic Goals Alignment [Multi-Value] | Walk | Description — The enterprise strategic goals or objectives that this Capability directly enables or supports. Benefit(s) — Creates a traceable link from the capability portfolio to executive-level strategic intent. Source — Manual Examples — Customer Experience Transformation; Revenue Growth; Operational Efficiency; Regulatory Compliance; Digital Innovation Notes — Use official strategic goal names. Separate multiple values with semicolons. |
| Investment Tier | Walk | Description — The portfolio tier into which investment in this Capability is currently classified — distinct from the investment direction expressed by Investment Priority. Benefit(s) — Aligns capability investment with the standard IT investment portfolio model. Enables portfolio-level analysis of investment concentration across run, grow, and transform tiers. Source — Manual Examples — Run, Grow, Transform Notes — Valid values: Run │ Grow │ Transform. Run investments sustain current operational performance; Grow investments expand capacity or extend current capabilities; Transform investments fundamentally reshape what the Capability does. |
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