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What are Organizations?
The Organization domain in Orthogramic provides a comprehensive view of an organization's structure, roles, and relationships, aligning them with strategic objectives and operational needs. This domain not only maps formal reporting lines and departments but also highlights the interactions between teams and units that drive value creation. By integrating real-time data and performance metrics, Orthogramic ensures that the organization remains adaptable, fostering a structure that supports agility and strategic alignment. Explore how Orthogramic enables you to visualize, adjust, and optimize your organizational design to achieve your business goals effectively.
What is Organization in Orthogramic?
In the Orthogramic Metamodel, Organization represents the structure, roles, responsibilities, and relationships that support a company's strategic objectives and operational processes. The Organization domain is deeply interconnected with other business architecture domains such as Capabilities, Value Streams, Stakeholders, Policies, and Information. This interconnected approach ensures that organizational changes are actively managed and aligned with the broader business context.
The Organization represents the structured entity within which activities and value delivery occur. It encompasses interconnected units, roles, and responsibilities that enable value flow to customers and stakeholders. This domain provides a holistic view of how an organization functions and how its structure impacts strategy execution and value delivery.
Each organizational unit is linked links to specific Capabilitiescapabilities, Value Streamsvalue streams, and Productsproducts, showing how different parts of the organization contribute to overall business goals. This interconnectedness is maintained through a detailed system of attributes, elements, and sub-elements, which illustrate how roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures relate to business operations. The dynamic view of Organization allows for modeling and simulating changes to structure, understanding potential impacts, and making adjustments swiftly. Past changes, swift adjustments based on performance metrics , and market trends can be analyzed to anticipate how shifts in the organization might impact strategy execution or capability delivery.
The Organization domain also focuses on operational impact. While highlighting the formal hierarchy and reporting lines, it also emphasizes how different parts of the organization interact to execute business strategies. This operational emphasis includes modeling informal networks, collaborative efforts, and cross-functional teams that drive value creation.
The inclusivity of organizational management is another key feature. The process is democratized, enabling a wide range of roles within the organization to access, contribute to, and influence organizational structure. This collaboration ensures that different departments—such as HR, operations, and strategy—can work together in refining and adapting the organizational model.
The integration of performance metrics with organizational design enables continuous assessment and refinement of the organization, ensuring it remains aligned with strategic objectives. Performance indicators are directly linked to organizational units, allowing assessment of how effectively each department or team contributes to business goals.
Domain relationships
Each organisation unit plays a unique role in enabling, consuming, or supporting business architecture domain elements such as capabilities, services, information assets, and policies. To promote clarity and traceability, Orthogramic introduces a standard model of relationship roles that define how a unit interacts with these elements. This section summarises the organisation unit’s key relationships, helping identify dependencies, ownership, and governance responsibilities across the organisation. See https://orthogramic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OM/pages/285016368 for full details.
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Relationship of Domain, Attributes, Elements and Sub-Elements
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Organization Units
Within an Organization, an organization unit represents a sub-division or entity within an organization that focuses on specific functions, processes, or objectives to contribute to overall organizational goals. These units often act as operational or strategic building blocks, enabling the organization to deliver value effectively.
Organization attributes
Attribute | Description | Example |
| The name or title of the Organization | Office of Railroad Safety |
Description | A detailed explanation of what the Organization entails | Regional safety oversight office responsible for inspections and enforcement of federal railroad safety regulations in the Northeast corridor |
Structure | The Organization structure of the company | 5 Regional Offices - 8 Technical Divisions |
Roles | The roles within the Organization | Regional Administrator, Chief Safety Inspector, Track Specialist, Signal Engineer, Hazmat Inspector |
Mission Statement | The mission of the Organization | Reduce railroad-related accidents and incidents through proactive inspections and data-driven safety programs |
Vision Statement | The vision of the Organization | Zero train accidents and employee injuries through technology-enabled safety systems and predictive maintenance |
Values | The core values guiding the Organization | Safety First, Data-Driven Decisions, Continuous Improvement |
Strategic Goals | Long-term goals that align with the mission and vision | Reduce accident rate by 25% over 5 years, 100% implementation of PTC, 98% track inspection compliance |
Stakeholders | Key Stakeholders of the Organization | Class I Railroads, Short Lines, State DOTs, Labor Unions, Equipment Manufacturers |
Governance | The governance framework and policies | 49 CFR Parts 200-299 Compliance Framework |
Legal Structure | The legal structure of the Organization | Federal Agency - DOT Operating Administration |
Geographic Presence | Locations and geographic reach of the Organization | 8 regions covering 140,000 miles of track |
Size | The size of the Organization in terms of employees revenue etc | 847 field inspectors, $2.3B annual budget |
Culture | The culture within the Organization | Data-driven safety culture with 94% employee engagement |
History | The history and milestones of the Organization | Est. 1966, implemented PTC mandate 2008, achieved 99.6% compliance 2023 |
Strategic Initiatives | Key Initiatives to drive strategic goals | Digital Track Inspection Program, Grade Crossing Safety Initiative 2025 |
Organization unit element
Sub-Element | Description | Example |
| The name or title of the Organization unit | Track and Rail Infrastructure Division |
Description | A detailed explanation of what the Organization unit entails | Oversees track safety standards and inspection programs across the national rail network |
Purpose | The intended purpose or function of the Organization unit within the Organization | Maintain Class 1-5 track safety standards compliance |
Owner | The individual or team responsible for the Organization unit | Director of Track Safety |
Higher-Organization Unit | The Organization or Organization unit above in the Organization hierarchy | Office of Railroad Safety |
Sub-Organization Units | Sub-Organization units directly below this Organization unit in the Organization hierarchy | Track Geometry Program, Rail Defect Detection, Bridge Safety Unit |
Roles | Specific roles within the Organization unit | Senior Track Inspector, Rail Integrity Specialist, Bridge Safety Engineer |
Processes | Key processes carried out by the Organization unit | Track Geometry Car Operations, Ultrasonic Rail Testing, Bridge Load Rating |
Performance Indicators | Metrics used to measure effectiveness and efficiency | 98.7% track inspection compliance rate, 2.4 defects per 100 track miles |
Dependencies | Other units processes or systems that the unit depends on | Signal Systems Division, Railroad Operations Unit |
Related Units | Organization units that are related or linked | Grade Crossing Safety Unit, Hazmat Transportation Division |
Risks | Potential risks associated with operations | Track buckling in extreme heat, delayed maintenance schedules |
Improvement Opportunities | Areas for enhancement or improvement | Implement AI-based defect detection, increase inspection frequency |
Strategic Alignment | Alignment with strategic goals and objectives | Contributes to 25% accident reduction goal through enhanced inspections |
Domain relationships
Example: Office of Railroad Safety (USA)
Domain Entity name | Domain entity type | Relationship Role | Description |
Workforce Planning | Capability | Owning unit | Responsible for workforce planning policies and systems across the FRA. |
HR Support | Services | Providing unit | Offers recruitment and onboarding services to all technical divisions. |
Track Inspection | Information | Consuming unit | Relies on technical inspection data for workforce deployment forecasting. |
Rail Safety Regulation | Policy | Dependent unit | Applies and enforces regulation developed by Policy and Legal. |
Digital Track Maintenance | Performance | Supported unit | Benefits from technology-enabled maintenance KPIs managed by Engineering. |
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