Capabilities Inventory and Attributes - Technical Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Capabilities Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 15. Technical Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
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Core Concepts
| Concept | Definition & Strategic Role |
|---|---|
| Key Enabling Technologies | Identifies the technology categories that support capability delivery. |
| Architecture Patterns | Shows whether supporting systems use coherent and scalable design approaches. |
| Realization Pattern | Distinguishes internal, outsourced, manual, automated, hybrid, and shared-service delivery models. |
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Technical attributes capture the architectural and technology characteristics that define how this Capability is enabled by IT systems, architectural patterns, and realization models.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Key Enabling Technologies [Multi-Value] | Walk | Description — The primary technology types, platforms, or architectural categories that currently enable delivery of this Capability. Benefit(s) — Enables technology-to-capability alignment analysis. Identifies capabilities that are technology-constrained. Source — Manual Examples — ERP (SAP S/4HANA); RPA; AI/ML; Cloud SaaS; Data Warehouse; API Integration Platform Notes — Use technology category names, not product names. Separate multiple values with semicolons. |
| Architecture Patterns [Multi-Value] | Run | Description — The architectural patterns governing technical design of systems supporting this Capability. Benefit(s) — Enables architectural coherence analysis: are high-priority capabilities supported by modern, scalable architectures? Source — Manual Examples — Microservices; Event-Driven; API-First; Data Mesh; Monolithic (Legacy) Notes — Separate multiple values with semicolons. |
| Capability Realization Pattern | Walk | Description — The pattern by which the work of this Capability is realized in practice. Benefit(s) — Captures the realization model at a higher level of abstraction than Architecture Patterns. Distinguishes Capabilities delivered by fully automated systems from those delivered manually, by external providers, or by hybrid arrangements. Source — Manual Examples — Internal Automated, Internal Manual, Outsourced, Hybrid, Shared Service Notes — Valid values: Internal Automated │ Internal Manual │ Outsourced │ Hybrid │ Shared Service. |
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