Specify the business capabilities that the application provides

Business capabilities must already be in the repository in order to define the business capability that the application provides. Some business questions in Alfabet can only be answered if the relationship between applications and business capabilities is defined. Click to find out how to capture business capability data.

Applications support the company to realize its business capabilities. For each application, you should define the business capabilities that the application provides in order to understand how the business may be at risk due to IT failure. You can specify multiple business capabilities that the application provides.

When you specify a business capability that the application supports, a reference is automatically created between the business capability and application. The relationship between the application, the business capability that the application provides, and organization that uses the application is called an operational business support.

Click the navigate Navigate button of the application to open the content area. Go to the application's content area > Business Context. In the Relationships section, go to the Provided Business Capabilities field, enter the name of the business capability that the application provides.

Or click in the field to open the selector and select each business capability that you want to assign the application to. The Level ID indicates where the business capability is in the business capability hierarchy. Click outside of the selector to close it and update the Provided Business Capabilities field.