Project: EAKAT

Class: Support_Capability

Parent Class(es): 

  1. Business_Model
  2. Capabiltiy
  3. Export_Items

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

A support capability is competency area within the enterprise used to support some business function. Support features are detailed enough to be a meaningful way to describe what the enterprise does, yet not so detailed that listing them burdens discussions with minutiae of details.

Attribute Definitions
Name Documentation Type Values Allowed Number Allowed Assumed Value
Description 

A Documented Item is an item that requires descriptive text above and beyond what the reader may gain from looking at the other attributes individually.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance VTYPE Source  0:*   
Support_Capability_Of 

These are all of the support functions for which this is a support feature.

 
Instance VTYPE Support_Function  0:*   
Targeted_for_Scope 

These are all of the items identified under consideration for change in this scope.

 
Instance VTYPE Scope  0:*   
Concerns 

These are all of the concerns surrounding this feature.

 
Instance VTYPE Concern  0:*   
Support_Processes 

These are all of the Support Processes required to deliver all of the expected values for a given Support Function.

 
Instance VTYPE Support_Process  0:*   
Targeted_by 

These are all of the business values that target this business feature.

 
Instance VTYPE Business_Value  0:*   
Timeline_Item_Calender 

This is the calender for this business item.

 
Instance VTYPE Business_Timeline  0:1   
Name 

This is an item that readers can identify for one another by referring to a single word, or phrase.

 
String VTYPE   1:1   
Attributes
Name Documentation Type Value
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance 
Writing Effective Use Cases
 
Aliases 

These are all of the other names by which this item goes.

 
Instance 
Business Requirement
Competency
 
Modeling Value 

This is value of including this item in the Enterprise Architecture.

 
String 
Support features serve as a way to talk about the business, and potential changes to the business, in ways that can be related to initiatives and business drivers.  Support features are also mapped to specific support processes, making them ideal for mapping business strategy to execution in business operations.
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String 
Staffing
Bed Tracking
Billing