capability_map View

The capability_map view renders hierarchical business capability grids (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3), highlighting maturity ratings, strategic TIME framework dispositions, and capability realizations.

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Visual Projection

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Capability Map View showing hierarchical decomposition with TIME framework ratings

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Purpose & Target Audience

• Target Audience: Business Architects, Chief Strategy Officers, Product Managers, Portfolio Managers.
• Primary Use Cases:
  • Mapping the enterprise's functional capabilities independent of software implementations.
  • Visualizing TIME portfolio rationalization (Invest, Tolerate, Migrate, Eliminate).
  • Identifying capability gaps, redundant capabilities, and transformation targets.
  • Linking customer-facing value stream stages to supporting business capabilities.

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Supported Entity Types

Entity Type	Role in Capability Map	Description
capability	Core Element	The hierarchical business capabilities (L1, L2, L3).
goal	Strategic Alignment	Business objectives supported by capabilities.
value_stream	Value Delivery	End-to-end customer value streams.
stage	Journey Milestone	Specific milestone stages within value streams.
system	Technical Enabler	Software platforms realizing capabilities.

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Supported Relationships & Verbs

Relationship Verb	Source Entity	Target Entity	Typical Representation
composed_of	capability (L1)	capability (L2)	Hierarchical nesting within grids
realizes	system, capability	capability, stage, goal	Realization links
influences	capability	goal, kpi	Strategic outcome influence edge
governed_by	capability	policy, standard	Compliance baseline edge

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Filtering & Layout Recommendations

• Recommended Layout: Grid / Hierarchical nested layout.
• Common Predicates:
  • include capability where time == "Invest": Heatmap of growth initiatives.
  • include capability where maturity == "Initial": Highlight capability deficit areas.

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Complete DSL Example

views {
    capability_map v_retail_banking_map "Retail Banking Capability Map" {
        # Include all business capabilities and supporting goals
        include capability
        include goal

        # Show realization to strategy
        include_verb realizes outgoing
        include_verb influences outgoing

        # Style based on TIME framework disposition
        style capability where time == "Invest" {
            css_class "time-invest-green"
        }
        style capability where time == "Eliminate" {
            css_class "time-eliminate-red"
        }
    }
}