Patent ID: 8543447
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. At a computer system, the computer system including a processor and system memory, a method for identifying interdependency between business capabilities and underlying components that provide functionality to the business capabilities, the method comprising: an act, performed by the processor of the computer system, of accessing a business capability model for an organization, the business capability model including a plurality of hierarchically arranged business capabilities, each business capability representing a portion of what the business organization does, each business capability in the business capability model connected to one or more other business capabilities in the capability model; an act, performed by the processor, of creating a capability to capability map for the business capability model by: for each business capability in the business capability model, an act, performed by the processor of the computer system, of determining the dependence and constraints of the business organization on the business capability, including: an act of determining, for each business capability and based on the assigned visual indicators in the capability map, a dependence value between the business capability and other business capabilities, the dependence value based on the number of other business capabilities that the business capability drives and the number of other business capabilities that drive the business capability; an act, performed by the processor of the computer system, of creating an interdependency and constraints view of the business organization, including: