Capability as a Service in digital enterprisesFP7 project no 611351, 2013-2016

Janis Stirna, Stockholm University

http://caas-project.eu/

Consortium:Stockholm University, SwedenRiga Technical University, LatviaUniversity of Rostock, GermanyEveris, SpainCroz d.o.o., CroatiaPortugal Telecom Comunicações, PortugalSIV AG, GermanyFresh T Limited, UKUniversitat Politecnica de Valencia, SpainPortugal Telecom Inovaçao, Portugal

The Challenge – to Change and Adapt

• Need to know how to do it (ability)• Need to have the resources

(capacity)• Need to know when to do what

(context)• Need to know how to make

choices and why (goals and KPIs)

… and this needs to be designed

Capability is the ability and capacity that enable an enterprise to achieve a goal in a certain context.

Bakery

Factory?

• A capability is– a construct for organization design that allows designing and

developing context dependent business solutions (at the design time)– a concept that allows motoring and adjusting business delivery (at run-

time)

• Initial work and challenges ahead:

TODO:

Services Software development

Ontological foundations Tools

StandardsBusiness models