I have a question about the practical use of Business Capabilities from LeanIX within the context of process modeling in Signavio. My understanding is that Business Capabilities represent the “What” an organization needs to achieve its strategic goals—essentially, the abilities required. Processes, on the other hand, describe the “How” and provide a concrete sequence of activities to implement these capabilities.
I’m uncertain about where and how Capabilities can be effectively utilized within a Signavio process model. If a process explains how a Capability is carried out, what added value does integrating the Capability into the process model bring? Should Capabilities be added as a reference to clarify the strategic alignment, or are there other best practices for using Capabilities in process modeling?
I would appreciate any recommendations or insights on how others are handling the connection between LeanIX Capabilities and Signavio processes, as well as the benefits they are realizing from this integration.
Then, with a bit of experimentation and work the following virtuous circle can be created:
1 - LeanIX Business Capability sent to Signavio Dictionary Category (via integration setup)
2 - Signavio Process diagram uses Business Capability dictionary entry (suggest at “Diagram” Level).
3 - Signavio Business Process sent to LeanIX (via integration setup) - suggest “published” only and maybe select folders!
3a - The integration recognises when a dictionary item is included in a process definition. It will then create a relation between the corresponding Business Capability fact sheet and the Business Context: Process fact sheet in LeanIX.
Reach out to LeanIX support for more technical help or your CSM for a demo.
Same logic applies for Applications, Data Objects and possibly Organisations. (NOTE: I suggest at “Activity” level for these fact sheets)
@Justin Swift Thank you for your Answer!
In our case, an entire process represents the implementation of a Capability, which is why a Capability cannot be assigned to an individual process step in the BPMN 2.0 model. For example:
Capability: “Electric meter can be read remotely”
Process: “Read meter data remotely”
The process “Read meter data remotely” includes several steps (e.g., initiate connection, retrieve data, validate data) and fully implements the Capability. The goal is to link the Capability to the entire process in Signavio so that this connection is correctly synchronized to LeanIX via the interface.
Question: How can I link a Capability to the overall process level in the Signavio model without binding it to individual process steps, so that the relationship between process and Capability is consistently represented in LeanIX?
@Dominik G. I am not an admin in our Signavio but as I understand it the steps involved are as follows:
Clipped from one of the videos in Configuring the BPMN Notation and Attributes, Custom attributes, can be defined at either at the “BPMN Diagram” level (above the line) or any element (below the line)
4 - Edit (adding the relevant dictionary category business capability from the list) and publish the process so it can be integrated back into LeanIX.
Due to a lack of a sandbox Signavio instance we did this with a very limited scope to prove out both sides of the integration first.
