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Capability and Organisation Matrix

Assign one owning unit and the contributing units to every business capability, so ownership disputes surface as data.

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Capability and organisation matrix: one owner for every capability

Six business capabilities run down the side and five organisation units across the top. Owns marks the one unit accountable for each capability; Contributes marks every unit that shares the work without owning the outcome.

Capability and organisation matrix: one owner for every capability A Capability/Organization Matrix, the TOGAF Standard 10 Phase B artifact introduced in version 9.2, worked for London Grid Distribution. Six business capabilities run down the side and five organisation units across the top. Owns marks the single accountable unit on each row and Contributes marks units that share the work. The emphasised Capacity Planning row has four contributing units, the widest spread, and the Asset Management unit owns two capabilities. Capability Connections Network Operations Asset Management Data and Digital Finance and Regulation ConnectionManagementOwnsContributesContributesContributes NetworkOperationOwnsContributesContributes AssetManagementContributesOwnsContributes CapacityPlanningContributesContributesOwnsContributesContributes DataPublicationContributesContributesOwnsContributes Settlementand BillingContributesContributesOwns Owns: accountable unit, one per row. Contributes: shares the work. Source: TOGAF Standard 10, Phase B artifacts

The rule is one Owns per row, exactly as master data demands one system of record. Capacity Planning is the stretched row: owned by Asset Management with four contributors, so its owner spends as much effort coordinating as planning. Two Owns in a row is a dispute, not a fact.

In Phase B, when capability ownership is split or contested across organisation units.

What you need and what you get

You'll need

  • The business capability map
  • The organisation unit catalogue

You'll get

  • A capability by unit ownership grid, one owner per row
  • The stretched capabilities with many contributors

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Derived from

  • The Open GroupTOGAF Standard 10, Architecture Content: Capability/Organization MatrixSource

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