Determining the progress of adoption and alignment of information technology capabilities and on-demand capabilities by an organization

Abstract

A method and system for determining the progress of adoption of an on-demand capabilities model by an organization. A graph displays parameters pertaining to a current state, a modelled state, and a target state for the organization. The graph includes a three-dimensional perspective view of an alignment of a business capability of the organization with respect to an information technology (IT) capability of the organization. A first metric and a second metric are determined. The first metric equals a numerical value associated with a degree of change required for the organization to achieve the target state for the business capability in comparison with a degree of change required across the IT capability. The second metric equals a numerical value associated with a degree to which a business implementation of the on-demand capability lags that of the IT capability. The graph includes the first metric and the second metric.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for determining the progress of adoption of an on-demand capabilities model by an organization, said method comprising:
 a computer processor displaying a graph that depicts parameters pertaining to a current state, a modelled state, and a target state for the organization, wherein the current state pertains to current capabilities of the organization, wherein the target state pertains to capabilities that the organization wants to possess at an end of a specified period of time, wherein the modelled state is a state of conformity by the organization to required characteristics, wherein the graph depicts the parameters for each business capability of a plurality of business capabilities, and wherein the graph comprises a three-dimensional perspective view of an alignment of a business capability of the organization with respect to an information technology (IT) capability of the organization;   said processor determining a first metric equal to a numerical value associated with a degree of change required for the organization to achieve the target state for the business capability in comparison with a degree of change required across the IT capability; and   said processor determining a second metric equal to a numerical value associated with a degree to which a business implementation of the on-demand capability lags that of the IT capability, wherein the graph comprises the first metric and the second metric.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the graph comprises an ideal path in which the business capability equals the IT capability and a projected path between the modelled state and the target state for the business capability. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , said method further comprising:
 before said displaying, said processor determining the parameters by analyzing data describing the current state, the target state, and the modelled state.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of business capabilities consist of services consisting of business services, application function services, development domain services, information domain services, user domain services, process domain services, information management domain services, and physical infrastructure services. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , said method further comprising:
 said processor comparing the current state with the target state to assess the organization's progression towards the on-demand capabilities model.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , said method further comprising:
 said processor comparing the current state with the modelled state to assess the organization's performance for each business capability.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , said method further comprising:
 providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable program code in the computer system, said program code being executed by the processor to implement said displaying the graph, said determining the first metric, and said determining the second metric.   
     
     
         8 . A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable software code stored therein, said software code containing instructions which, upon being executed by a computer processor, implement a method for determining the progress of adoption of an on-demand capabilities model by an organization, said method comprising:
 said processor displaying a graph that depicts parameters pertaining to a current state, a modelled state, and a target state for the organization, wherein the current state pertains to current capabilities of the organization, wherein the target state pertains to capabilities that the organization wants to possess at an end of a specified period of time, wherein the modelled state is a state of conformity by the organization to required characteristics, wherein the graph depicts the parameters for each business capability of a plurality of business capabilities, and wherein the graph comprises a three-dimensional perspective view of an alignment of a business capability of the organization with respect to an information technology (IT) capability of the organization;   said processor determining a first metric equal to a numerical value associated with a degree of change required for the organization to achieve the target state for the business capability in comparison with a degree of change required across the IT capability; and   said processor determining a second metric equal to a numerical value associated with a degree to which a business implementation of the on-demand capability lags that of the IT capability, wherein the graph comprises the first metric and the second metric.   
     
     
         9 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , wherein the graph comprises an ideal path in which the business capability equals the IT capability and a projected path between the modelled state and the target state for the business capability. 
     
     
         10 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , said method further comprising:
 before said displaying, said processor determining the parameters by analyzing data describing the current state, the target state, and the modelled state.   
     
     
         11 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of business capabilities consist of services consisting of business services, application function services, development domain services, information domain services, user domain services, process domain services, information management domain services, and physical infrastructure services. 
     
     
         12 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , said method further comprising:
 said processor comparing the current state with the target state to assess the organization's progression towards the on-demand capabilities model.   
     
     
         13 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , said method further comprising:
 said processor comparing the current state with the modelled state to assess the organization's performance for each business capability.   
     
     
         14 . A computer system comprising a computer readable storage device and a computer processor configured to execute software code to perform a method for determining the progress of adoption of an on-demand capabilities model by an organization, said software code stored on the computer readable storage device, said method comprising:
 said processor displaying a graph that depicts parameters pertaining to a current state, a modelled state, and a target state for the organization, wherein the current state pertains to current capabilities of the organization, wherein the target state pertains to capabilities that the organization wants to possess at an end of a specified period of time, wherein the modelled state is a state of conformity by the organization to required characteristics, wherein the graph depicts the parameters for each business capability of a plurality of business capabilities, and wherein the graph comprises a three-dimensional perspective view of an alignment of a business capability of the organization with respect to an information technology (IT) capability of the organization;   said processor determining a first metric equal to a numerical value associated with a degree of change required for the organization to achieve the target state for the business capability in comparison with a degree of change required across the IT capability; and   said processor determining a second metric equal to a numerical value associated with a degree to which a business implementation of the on-demand capability lags that of the IT capability, wherein the graph comprises the first metric and the second metric.   
     
     
         15 . The computer system of  claim 4 , wherein the graph comprises an ideal path in which the business capability equals the IT capability and a projected path between the modelled state and the target state for the business capability. 
     
     
         16 . The computer system of  claim 14 , said method further comprising:
 before said displaying, said processor determining the parameters by analyzing data describing the current state, the target state, and the modelled state.   
     
     
         17 . The computer system of  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of business capabilities consist of services consisting of business services, application function services, development domain services, information domain services, user domain services, process domain services, information management domain services, and physical infrastructure services. 
     
     
         18 . The computer system of  claim 14 , said method further comprising:
 said processor comparing the current state with the target state to assess the organization's progression towards the on-demand capabilities model.   
     
     
         19 . The computer system of  claim 14 , said method further comprising:
 said processor comparing the current state with the modelled state to assess the organization's performance for each business capability.