Capabilities Inventory and Attributes

Value Streams are composed of Capabilities — a Value Stream orchestrates one or more Capabilities in sequence or in parallel to deliver value to a customer or stakeholder. The Capabilities Inventory is the source of the Capability building blocks. The Value Streams Inventory is not yet published — refer to the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management Best Practices document for its current definition in the Noun Type taxonomy.

When the Value Streams Inventory is published, the connecting attributes will be Capability Semantic IDs referenced by Value Stream records; the Capabilities Inventory will reflect those references in its Parent Value Streams relationship attribute. The relationship enables analysis of which Capabilities contribute to the most important value delivery flows.

This relationship will enable enterprise-level value stream analysis grounded in the capability map: which value streams are most dependent on Capabilities with low maturity or high risk? Which value stream improvements require capability development rather than process redesign?