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

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;
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• 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.

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;
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• 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.