You are here: Home / Business Capability

Business Capability

Attn: All ‘Capability’ Advocates – Where’s the Proof?! No Imponderable Opinions Please!

by Ronald G. Ross on April 21, 2013

I asked: What is a Business Capability? How Do Business Rules Relate? The Missing Man in Business Capabilities? http://goo.gl/JLLdx
Guest Post by Ralph Whittle, independent consultant
This is a most interesting topic, but one I fear will NOT yield answers to your questions. Considering all of the LinkedIn “capability advocates” who have actively participated in [...]

Read the full article →

What is a Business Capability? How Do Business Rules Relate? The Missing Man in Business Capabilities?

by Ronald G. Ross on October 19, 2012

There seems to be widespread difference of opinion about what a “business capability” is. When I use the term, however, I simply mean the ability of the business to conduct some form of operational activity.
What does the business need for that? It clearly needs people, technologies, data, and processes. And it also needs guidance [...]

Read the full article →

Business Model vs. System Model – Very, Very Different … Do You Get the Difference?!

by Ronald G. Ross on October 8, 2012

You can find definitions and discussion of all terms in blue on Business Rule Community: http://www.brcommunity.com/BBSGlossary.pdf
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
business model:  a blueprint for a business capability based directly on real-world things and ideas strictly named and represented using words natural to business people
Discussion:  Even the words used for the building blocks of business models (e.g., the vocabulary [...]

Read the full article →

How Many Different Ways Can Your Organization Be ‘Silo-ed’? Why You Need to Address Every ‘Silo-ing’

by Ronald G. Ross on April 10, 2012

‘Silo’ is so common as an industry buzzword we mostly just take it for granted. The usual sense is ‘functional’ silo or ‘organizational silo’.
I recently heard ‘no man stands alone’ (‘alone’ = ‘silo-ed’) as a common-sense justification for Big-P process. (See http://goo.gl/Cuk3s) That logic is simply flawed. Here are other ways your business can be [...]

Read the full article →

Building Business Capability (BBC2011): Take-Aways from the Opening Barret-Burlton-Ross Round-Robin Keynote

by Ronald G. Ross on November 8, 2011

Guest Post by Kristen Seer
Ron asked me to write this a guest post. It’s my first blog post, so I’m not 100% sure what the netiquette is. I suppose I should thank Ron for ‘inviting’ me. Note to self: Never, ever say to Ron, “I took some notes”.
The round-robin keynote consisted of the three BBC [...]

Read the full article →

My New Talk and New Take on Business Architecture at BBC2011: The Architecture of Enterprise Know-How

by Ronald G. Ross on October 27, 2011

Business Architecture Summit at BBC2011 – Thurs, Nov 3, 2011 – 10:10am
I am giving a talk next week called The Architecture of Enterprise Know-How at the Building Business Capability (BBC2011) event in Florida. If you’re there, I hope you’ll come listen. I’ll be plowing new ground. We’ve done some fascinating work the past several years [...]

Read the full article →

What is a ‘Business Capability’ … And Can It Be Part of a Business Architecture Methodology?

by Ronald G. Ross on October 2, 2011

Suppose you wanted to make ‘business capabilities’ the centerpiece of a business architecture methodology. Could you go out into the business and find existing ‘business capabilities’ in some form? Would a focus on business capabilities help you better design the business as a whole?
My answer is at this point in time is … well … [...]

Read the full article →

Business Analysis & Business Rules – Announcing Our New Book and BBC 2011 Conference – **Special Discounts** for Friends and Colleagues

by Ronald G. Ross on September 23, 2011

Let me mention two important things happening soon and special discounts for them – Both discounts good only through **Friday, September 30**  
1. ANNOUNCING OUR NEW BOOK … Coming in October!
BUILDING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: BUSINESS ANALYSIS WITH BUSINESS RULES … an IIBA Sponsored Handbook (304pp) … It’s all about taking Business Analysis to the next level of [...]

Read the full article →

Q&A: What is Meant by ‘Capability’ in Business Architecture and How Does it Relate to ‘Services’ and Business Rules?

by Ronald G. Ross on August 11, 2011

In preparation for this year’s Building Business Capabilities (BBC) Conference (http://goo.gl/6JcB9) and its new Business Architecture Summit (http://goo.gl/5hnzh), I’ve been doing some background research on how professionals in the space view ‘capability’. Here’s a good exchange I had with Alexander Samarin (http://goo.gl/DNGLp). 
RGR: What is meant by ‘capability’ in the context of enterprise architecture? 
Samarin: ‘Capability’ is [...]

Read the full article →

Business Capability … You Have to Know in Order to Do

by Ronald G. Ross on July 31, 2011

As many of you are aware, the Business Rules Forum Conference is now one of three conferences in the annual Building Business Capabilities (BBC) Conference (http://www.buildingbusinesscapability.com/), which includes the Business Analysis Forum, the official conference of the IIBA. So Gladys and I have had to do some hard thinking about the meaning of “business capability”. [...]

Read the full article →