Introduction
The Strategy domain in Orthogramic defines your organization’s long-term vision, goals, and priorities, guiding every aspect of business operations. This domain is closely linked to other business architecture elements like Capabilities, Value Streams, and Stakeholders, ensuring that strategies are effectively aligned with the organization's capabilities and market demands. Orthogramic enables you to monitor and adjust strategies in real-time, providing the agility needed to stay competitive and respond to changing business conditions. Discover how the Strategy domain helps you drive focused and successful execution across your organization.
What is a Strategy in Orthogramic?
In the Orthogramic Metamodel, a Strategy represents the foundational blueprint that guides an organization's direction, defining goals and objectives that drive the alignment of various business components. The Strategy domain is dynamic, interactive, and closely integrated with other business architecture domains. This integration ensures that an organization's Strategy is not only well-documented but also actively managed and adaptable to changing business environments.
The Strategy domain emphasizes real-time alignment with business capabilities, processes, stakeholders, and value streams. Strategies are closely tied to attributes, elements, and sub-elements, allowing organizations to break down high-level objectives into actionable components that are linked to specific business functions. This interconnectedness provides a comprehensive view of how a Strategy influences—and is influenced by—various aspects of the organization.
Data analytics and AI support continuous monitoring of the alignment of Strategies with other business architecture domains. This provides real-time insights, allowing organizations to quickly adjust their strategic direction as internal conditions or external market factors evolve. Predictive capabilities can anticipate potential shifts in the relevance or effectiveness of a Strategy, empowering organizations to take proactive measures.
The Strategy domain employs a democratized approach to management. Various departments—such as HR, operations, and finance—can contribute to the formulation and refinement of a Strategy. This inclusivity fosters a culture of shared ownership and collaboration, ensuring that Strategies are not only top-down mandates but are reflective of the entire organization's perspective.
Performance measurement is integrated as a core component of the Strategy domain, embedding relevant KPIs and metrics directly into strategic objectives. This allows for tracking the effectiveness of a Strategy in real-time, offering immediate feedback on progress and areas that require adjustment. These metrics enable organizations to continuously refine their approach, making Strategy a living, evolving aspect of business architecture rather than a static document.
The Strategy domain is designed to anticipate and accommodate changes in the business landscape. Data-driven insights allow for rapid scenario analysis and strategic planning. Organizations can model different scenarios to see how various strategies might perform under changing market conditions, competitor actions, or internal adjustments. This scenario-based analysis enables a more agile response to uncertainty.
Each Strategy is directly linked to other domains, such as Capabilities, Value Streams, and Stakeholders, forming a cohesive network of interdependencies. This interconnected model allows organizations to visualize how a change in Strategy impacts various elements, ensuring that adjustments are consistent and aligned across the organization.
Relationship of Domain, Attributes, Elements and Sub-Elements
To understand the Relationship of Domain, Attributes, Elements and Sub-Elements, see: https://orthogramic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OM/pages/245137488/Domain+Attributes+Elements?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNWYyMjRjYzk3MzNjNDQxNWE4NjJlZjU1NmI1ZDg5NTEiLCJwIjoiYyJ9
Strategy domain attributes
Attribute | Description | Example |
Title | The name or title of the Strategy | Predictive Track Maintenance Program |
Description | A detailed explanation of what the Strategy entails | Implementation of AI-powered track defect prediction system across Class I networks |
Purpose | The intended purpose or function of the Strategy within the Organization | Reduce track-related accidents by 35% through early defect detection |
Owner | The individual or team responsible for the Strategy | Director of Track Technology Innovation |
orgUnitTitle | The Organization unit(s) to which the Strategy is most closely linked. | |
Objectives | Specific measurable targets to achieve strategic goals | Deploy sensors on 85% of mainline track by 2026 |
Key Activities | Critical actions necessary to implement the Strategy | Sensor installation, data integration, predictive model development |
Resources | Resources allocated for the Strategy implementation | $145M budget, 23 technical staff, 4 AI systems |
Timeline | The timeline for achieving the Strategy | 36 months: 2024-2026 |
Performance Indicators | Metrics used to measure the success of the Strategy | Defect prediction accuracy: 92%, False positive rate: <3% |
Dependencies | Other strategies Initiatives or processes that the Strategy depends on | Track geometry measurement systems, weather monitoring network |
Related Strategies | Strategies that are related or linked to this Strategy | Digital Track Inspection Program, Rail Stress Monitoring |
Risks | Potential risks associated with the Strategy and its implementation | Sensor reliability in extreme weather, data quality issues |
Improvement Opportunities | Areas where the Strategy can be enhanced or improved | Expand to Class II railroads, integrate with PTC systems |
Strategic Alignment | How the Strategy aligns with the Organizations strategic goals and objectives | Directly supports 25% accident reduction goal |
Business Objective | A specific measurable goal that a company aims to achieve to support its overall Strategy | Reduce unplanned track maintenance by 40% |
Parent | A high-level Strategy that provides overarching principles or rules guiding business operations | FRA Technology Modernization Plan |
Child | A specific Strategy that falls under a broader parent Policy | Rail Temperature Monitoring Strategy |
Strategy objective Element
Sub-Element | Description | Example |
Title | The name or title of the strategic objective | Zero Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accidents |
Description | A detailed explanation of what the strategic objective entails | Eliminate all accidents at highway-rail grade crossings through technology and education |
Purpose | The intended purpose or function of the strategic objective | Protect public safety at rail crossings |
Owner | The individual or team responsible for the strategic objective | Grade Crossing Safety Director |
orgUnitTitle | The Organization unit(s) to which the strategic objective is aligned | Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Division |
Metrics | The measurable indicators used to assess the success of the objective | Accidents per million train-miles: 2.8, Crossing signal compliance: 99.2% |
Timeline | The timeframe within which the strategic objective should be achieved | 5-year implementation: 2024-2028 |
Stakeholders | The Stakeholders involved or affected by the strategic objective | Railroads, State DOTs, Local communities |