Kyvykkyyskartat

Kyvykkyyskartat are structured representations of an organization’s capabilities, focusing on what the organization needs to achieve its objectives rather than on specific processes or technologies. A capability is a high-level ability to perform a set of tasks that delivers value to customers or stakeholders. Kyvykkyyskartat present these capabilities in a map or catalog, often organized by business domain or value stream, and describe the scope, purpose, owners, and interdependencies of each capability.

The primary purpose of kyvykkyyskartat is to support strategic planning, enterprise architecture, and investment prioritization. By making capabilities explicit, they help identify gaps, redundancies, and dependency chains between business operations, data, applications, and technology platforms. They enable capability-based roadmapping, where investments are tied to the development or enhancement of specific capabilities to achieve strategic goals.

Typical elements of a kyvykkyyskartta include the name and description of each capability, domain grouping, owner or accountable role, current and target maturity level, required resources, supporting capabilities, and links to value streams, processes, data objects, and technologies. The map is often aligned with frameworks such as TOGAF or ArchiMate and used to communicate architecture decisions across business and IT.

Benefits of using kyvykkyyskartat include clearer strategic alignment, better governance of change, and improved prioritization. Limitations can include the effort needed to maintain the map, potential abstraction from day-to-day operations, and the need for cross-functional collaboration to avoid duplications or gaps. In Finnish practice, kyvykkyyskartat are commonly employed by business and solution architects to articulate and manage organizational capabilities.