Strategic Response Model

Introduction

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Structure of the artefact

Section	Description
Strategic response model trigger	A defined external or internal event. Example: Proposed national safety legislation for hazardous freight.
Impacted strategic drivers	One or more strategic objectives tagged as relevant to the trigger.
Key organisation units	Units tagged as responsible, dependent, or impacted based on capability and service roles.
Affected capabilities	Filtered based on alignment with strategic objectives or dependency relationships.
Service dependencies	Services required to respond to or deliver the desired outcome of the scenario.
Value streams engaged	End-to-end business processes likely to be activated or altered.
Information requirements	Information assets needed to inform decisions or satisfy compliance.
Stakeholders	Primary stakeholders affected, mapped to expectations, engagement plans, or risks.
Policies and compliance	Policies that apply or must be created/updated.
Performance measures	KPIs that will demonstrate scenario readiness or success.
Initiative/program links	Existing or proposed initiatives addressing the scenario.

What is a Trigger?

A Trigger is not a standalone structural element of an organisation but an external or internal event, condition, or hypothesis that causes the organisation to:

Mobilise capabilities,
Evaluate policies,
Adjust strategies,
Initiate new initiatives,
Coordinate across services and information flows.

In the Orthogramic Metamodel:

Trigger is a supporting artefact, not a domain.
It is only relevant in the context of a BusinessScenario (much like a Justification supports a Strategy).

Example: Strategic Response Model Artefact

Strategic response model trigger: Mandatory introduction of AI-enabled safety compliance reporting
Strategic drivers:

Reduce regulatory breach risk
Improve transparency in safety inspections

Key units:

Safety Technology Division (owning unit of AI capability)
Operations (utilising unit for inspection automation)
Legal & Risk (dependent on compliance datasets)

Capabilities:

AI-driven compliance reporting (owned by Safety Tech)
Digital field inspection (provided by Operations)
Safety data analytics (supported by Risk & Legal)

Services:

Compliance assurance service
Safety incident triage

Value streams:

Rail infrastructure incident response
Annual compliance certification

Information:

Real-time safety telemetry
Historical incident database

Stakeholders:

Federal Transport Regulator
Union of Track Workers

Policies:

Data transparency policy
AI auditing standards

Performance KPIs:

% of safety incidents auto-classified
Mean response time to compliance events

Initiatives:

AI for Safety Program (current)
Transparent Audit Framework (proposed)

Strategic Response Model trigger catalogue

To support structured scenario development, the Orthogramic Metamodel offers a growing catalogue of predefined triggers. Each trigger can be used to initiate a scenario composite artefact and is tagged with relevant business architecture domains.

Trigger Category	Example Triggers
Regulatory or compliance	New legislation, compliance audit mandate, data sovereignty changes
Technological change	AI rollout, cybersecurity breach, platform deprecation
Environmental & safety	Natural disaster preparedness, climate risk disclosures, workplace injury reform
Operational transformation	Business process outsourcing, shared services implementation, lean redesign
Strategic re-alignment	Mergers and acquisitions, board-level strategic pivot, budget realignment
Customer & stakeholder	Community expectations shift, digital service demand surge, key account loss
Workforce & skills	Critical skill shortage, union action, remote work policy adoption
Performance response	KPI threshold breach, repeated incident occurrence, audit fail
Political or social	Public inquiry, ministerial intervention, social licence erosion
Innovation-led opportunity	Grant funding availability, pilot program success, ecosystem partnership offer

Each scenario triggered using this catalogue links back to relevant Orthogramic Metamodel domains—such as capabilities, services, initiatives, and stakeholders—to produce a dynamic view of organisational readiness and response.

Definition of `strategicResponseModel` as a composable artefact

A canonical BusinessScenario entity in the Orthogramic Metamodel with the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`id`	UUID	Unique strategic response model ID
`title`	Text	Human-readable name of the strategic response model
`description`	Text	Summary of the strategic response model’s purpose and scope
`trigger`	Link to `Trigger` entity	Source event or condition
`relatedDrivers`	List of `StrategyDriver`	Strategy elements influenced
`affectedCapabilities`	List of `Capability`	Impacted capabilities
`relatedValueStreams`	List of `ValueStream`	Value streams engaged
`impactedUnits`	List of `OrganisationUnit`	Units with strategic response model-specific roles
`servicesInScope`	List of `Service`	Services required or affected
`dataDependencies`	List of `InformationAsset`	Key information entities involved
`policiesInScope`	List of `Policy`	Applicable rules or regulations
`stakeholders`	List of `Stakeholder`	Stakeholders affected or involved
`kpis`	List of `PerformanceMetric`	Metrics used to assess strategic response model success
`linkedInitiatives`	List of `Initiative`	Programs or projects implementing the response

This format ensures that the scenario definition is:

Declarative (not procedural or UI-specific),
Traceable (everything points to reusable metamodel entities),
Reusable (across tools, audits, planning activities).

Strategic Response Model JSON Schema

{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://orthogramic.org/schema/business-scenario.json",
"title": "strategicResponseModel",
"type": "object",
"required": ["id", "title", "trigger"],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "Unique identifier for the Strategic Response Model"
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short name for the scenario"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Narrative summary of the strategicResponseModel purpose and context"
},
"trigger": {
"$ref": "https://orthogramic.org/schema/trigger.json",
"description": "Trigger event or condition linked to this strategicResponseModel"
},
"relatedDrivers": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Strategic drivers impacted by the strategicResponseModel"
},
"affectedCapabilities": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Capabilities involved or stressed by the strategicResponseModel"
},
"relatedValueStreams": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Value streams that must operate under the strategicResponseModel"
},
"impactedUnits": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["unitId", "role"],
"properties": {
"unitId": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"role": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"Owning unit",
"Utilising unit",
"Providing unit",
"Consuming unit",
"Custodian unit",
"Dependent unit",
"Supported unit"
]
}
}
},
"description": "Organisation units involved and their sstrategicResponseModel-specific roles"
},
"servicesInScope": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Services affected, needed, or transformed by the strategicResponseModel"
},
"dataDependencies": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Information assets or datasets involved"
},
"policiesInScope": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Policies that govern the strategicResponseModel or require updating"
},
"stakeholders": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Stakeholders directly impacted or involved"
},
"kpis": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Performance metrics to track strategicResponseModel success or readiness"
},
"linkedInitiatives": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Projects or programs that respond to the strategicResponseModel"
}
}
}

Definition of `trigger` as a new open entity

Introducing a standalone Trigger domain in the Orthogramic Metamodel with:

Attribute	Type	Description
`id`	UUID	Unique ID
`label`	Text	Short name (e.g. “Cybersecurity Incident”)
`category`	Enum	From defined set (e.g. Technological, Regulatory, etc.)
`description`	Text	Explanation of why this trigger matters
`exampleScenarios`	List of `BusinessScenario`	Optional reverse reference

Trigger JSON Schema

{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://orthogramic.org/schema/trigger.json",
"title": "trigger",
"type": "object",
"required": ["id", "label", "category"],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "Unique identifier for the trigger"
},
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short, human-readable name of the trigger"
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"Regulatory or compliance",
"Technological change",
"Environmental & safety",
"Operational transformation",
"Strategic re-alignment",
"Customer & stakeholder",
"Workforce & skills",
"Performance response",
"Political or social",
"Innovation-led opportunity"
],
"description": "Classification of trigger context"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Expanded explanation of the trigger’s relevance"
},
"exampleScenarios": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid"
},
"description": "Optional references to related strategicResponseModel artefacts"
}
}
}