What should we be focusing on?

The business question What should we be focusing on? shows the business capability model with a view to the as-is and to-be application landscapes. The business question helps you decide which applications to invest in, migrate, or divest based on the criticality of the business capabilities they support.

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In the left navigation panel, enter What should we be focusing on? in the Search Navigation field.
In the left navigation panel, click Home. In the content area, go to the Business Questions page and click the tile for What should we be focusing on?
In the left navigation panel, expand the sections Business Questions and Governance and click What should we be focusing on?

What information is displayed in What should we be focusing on?

The Business Capabilities and Application Support view is a nested matrix that shows the business capability model with information about the number of current and planned applications that provide the business capabilities and the criticality of the business capabilities for the business. Here's how to interpret the information:

Each business capability is represented by a nested box in the matrix.
Per default, the top 2 levels of business capabilities in the business capability hierarchy are displayed.
Each second-level business capability displays the aggregated number of as-is applications currently supporting it and to-be applications planned to support it. The number is an aggregation of all applications that provide support to the second-level business capability and its subordinate business capabilities. Retired applications are not considered in the as-is and to-be application counts.
- As-is applications: An application is counted if the Object State attribute = Active and the current date is between the application's start and end date.
- To-be applications: An application is counted if the Object State attribute = Plan and either the application's start date is in the future, or the application is a strategic application and is recommended for future consideration. ( Strategic Application = Yes and Recommendation = Invest, Tolerate, or Migrate)
Business capabilities are colored based on the Business Relevance attribute. The Business Relevance attribute indicates how relevant the business capability is for the business. The most critical business capabilities are shades of purple. The less critical business capabilities are shades of green.
- Mission Critical: The business capability is crucial to the organization's business and therefore essential to the accomplishment of the vision, goals and objectives.
- Business Evolving: The business capability responds to internal and external change and helps to support the necessary steps to transition the organization's business.
- Business Enabling: The business capability is currently core to the business of the organization and describes what currently exists in the business.
- Business Operating: The business capability is not unique to the business but does provide the support required to operate the business. Because it is not unique to the business, it does not constitute a core business capability.
Business capabilities may show the following symbols:
- A warning symbol indicates that more to-be applications are planned than as-is applications for non-critical business areas. R
- An issue symbol is displayed if more to-be applications are planned than as-is applications for a critical business capability.
Click the three vertical dots button > Show Legend to understand the color coding.

How can I edit the data in What should we be focusing on?

If you have the relevant access permissions, you can edit the business capabilities and applications in this business question.

To edit a single business capability, double-click the business capability in the matrix to open its content area.
To open a data workbench to edit all business capabilities, click the edit button > Edit Business Capabilities. Use the features of the data workbench to slice-and-dice your data to focus on data and do the analyses you are interested in.
To open a data workbench to edit the applications providing a specific business capability, click the edit element in the business capability.
To open a data workbench to edit all applications, click the edit button > Edit Applications.

What data is required for What should we be focusing on?

Business capabilities and applications must be in the repository and well-documented. The following data is required in order to have meaningful results:

Defined business capability model with parent business capabilities and their subordinate business capabilities.
For each business capability, specify the Business Relevance attribute
For each application:
- Specify the business capabilities that the application provides
- Specify the start and end dates
- Specify the Recommendation attribute

Go to the Data Quality page. The Data Completeness view indicates the data that is recommended for meaningful results to the business question. Scroll to the Pending Issues view to resolve the issues and to ensure that the data is complete.

Go to the Data Source page to review the business capabilities and their supporting applications that are used to answer the business question. The data source is a list report and cannot be edited.