Specify the business capabilities that the application provides

Ideally your company has documented its business capabilities. Business capabilities must already be in the repository in order to define the business capability that the application provides. Some business questions in Alfabet FastLane can only be answered if the relationship between applications and business capabilities is defined. business capability A business capability is a high-level description of what is done in a company to meet its business objectives. Market development, product development, and support and services are examples of business capabilities.

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.

• Click the Edit button to open the wizard and select Provided Business Capabilities in the Go to Step field
• In the data table, click the navigate  button of the application you want to define. Click Business Portfolio and scroll to the Associated Domains page and open it.

Click New > Add Associated Domains. In the selector, select one or more business capabilities that the application provides. Note that the selector shows both business capabilities and IT capabilities. Ensure that the prefix of the ID is BCAP and that Business Capability is displayed in the Stereotype column. Click OK.