This research note explores the future research agenda for Capability-Based Management (CBM) and the capability concept, building on discussions from the International Workshop on the Foundations and Applications of Capabilities in Enterprises, Transformations, and ESG Initiatives (FACETE). The note identifies two primary subdomains for advancement: establishing a harmonized foundation for the Capability and Capability Map concepts, and refining CBM practices. Key topics include developing dynamic, context-aware definitions and models; formalizing relationships; and improving the discovery, identification, and scalability of capabilities. Additionally, the note emphasizes the importance of clarifying capability ownership within complex organizational ecosystems. By addressing these areas, the research note calls to academics to conduct research that can enhance both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of CBM, fostering greater clarity and efficacy in strategy formulation and implementation, and managing the operational configuration of an organization.

Risk analysis is a crucial aspect of ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. When an organization actively engages in process modeling and analysis, it gives a well-structured daily workflow. However, it is impossible to eliminate the potential impact of risks – risks cannot always be fully mitigated, and their realization can lead to negative consequences. Additionally, new risks (threats) emerge daily, which we have not encountered before. Therefore, it is essential to conduct risk analysis to minimize the negative impact of these threats. There are numerous methods and structures at the operational level to support risk management. This article will examine how the Fractal Enterprise Model could be used as a base for analyzing complex risk scenarios at the strategic level.

ADOxx is an environment that allows the creation of a toolkit for a specific modeling technique while using limited resources for development. The result is a toolkit for professional modelers that can be run on Windows, Linux, or MAC. However, such a toolkit is not very friendly for non-IT related stakeholders, as it is primarily aimed at developing the models; it also requires non-trivial installation. This paper is devoted to the project of designing a WEB-based viewer that allows a stakeholder to view a package of models created in an ADOxx-based toolkit. The viewer discussed in this paper was developed for a specific modeling technique called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM). However, the discussion is of interest not only for modelers using FEM but also for the developers of other ADOxx-based tools. The paper discusses the structure and functionality of the FEM viewer, which can be reused for other toolkits. The authors aim to demonstrate the FEM viewer during the conference.

A socio-technical system consists of several components that should be aligned in order for the system to function properly. As the environment in which the system functions constantly changes, alignment cannot be achieved once and continues to exist. There should be align-ment mechanisms that ensure the alignment continues to exist. The paper introduces the idea of how to depict mechanisms for alignment that can be used for both (a) checking whether the alignment mechanisms exist and (b) introducing them if none exists for a particular type of alignment. Definitions need to be somewhat formal so that the presence of mechanisms can be discovered. This paper uses a special enterprise modeling technique called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM) to clarify the idea and give some examples. However, this does not mean that other enterprise modeling techniques could not be used for the purpose

The paper introduces rules to help identify and depict in a model enterprise activities that engage tacit knowledge. This is done using a specific enterprise modeling technique called Fractal Enterprise Model (FEM). However, the result can be of interest to researchers and practitioners using other modeling techniques. Though representing tacit knowledge is more or less mandatory for research and practice of Knowledge Management (KM), it is very seldom depicted explicitly in enterprise models of any kind. The type of rules presented in this paper follows our suggestion to consider the so-called discovery power of enterprise modeling languages alongside its expressive power.

Business Process LifeCycle (BPLC) is a topic never disappearing from the discussions in the Business Process Management (BPM) research. Nevertheless, most graphical models of BPLC are simple and need extended textual explanations to clarify them. What is more, to the best of our knowledge, these models are separated from the target process that is being changed in the BPLC. The paper investigates a possibility to have a model where lifecycle activities are connected to the elements of the target process, and assess the practical usefulness of such a model. The research uses the Fractal Enterprise Modeling (FEM) technique for building the model. The paper presents a generic model of BPLC and its extension for one step, and discusses potential usefulness of the results achieved so far.

The paper introduces a new concept – discovery power – that can be used to characterize an enterprise modeling language. The concept is different from, but connected to, the concept of expressive power. The concept is defined as “the degree of help provided by the structure of an enterprise modeling language to expand a partly built model or fill gaps in it”. The paper also suggests a way of evaluating the discovery power of enterprise modeling languages.

Elderly care in Sweden is quite complex due to the many different actors involved. Actors are governed by different regulatory authorities and use many IT systems that often are not connected to each other. This paper describes the usage of Enterprise Modeling to pinpoint the problematic areas in the coordination between the actors and to suggest solutions. The first stage of the project, which is described in this paper, is to build as-is models and identify the problematic areas. This is done based on the previous project that analyzed the state of elderly care in the county of Stockholm with the goal of suggesting how to connect various IT systems used by the involved actors. The previous project did not use enterprise modeling but produced enough information for building and analyzing such models. The as-is models presented in this paper are built using the Fractal Enterprise Modeling technique. The models and discovered problems will be used to suggest solutions in the form of to-be models.

Michael Porter introduced several concepts related to business strategy and how the latter can be attained. The strategy roughly can be defined as achieving a “competitive advantage,” which is one of the concepts he introduced. Additionally, he introduced the concept of “fit,” which could be roughly understood as aligning various internal and external activities to achieve a chosen competitive advantage. This paper investigates the potential usability of enterprise modeling for analyzing the attainment of “fit” or designing enterprise activities to achieve it. This is a work-in-progress paper; we focus only on the service enterprises and use only one enterprise modeling technique, a so-called Fractal Enterprise Model. At the same time, our final goal is to develop a methodology for using enterprise modeling for analyzing and designing activities so that they fit the chosen strategy of achieving and sustaining a competitive advantage.

An organisation's ability to create difficult-to-imitate knowledge resources is a crucial capability in a dynamic environment. Such unique knowledge resources often stem from effective organisational learning processes, which are essential for organisations to adapt, innovate, and maintain a competitive edge. However, enterprises often lack sufficient tools to analyse their learning processes. In this study, we propose a new enterprise modelling (EM) method to diagnose organisational learning by combining the triple-loop learning model from KM with an EM technique, specifically the fractal enterprise model (FEM) technique. The proposed EM method provides modelling patterns that represent feedback loops at different levels of learning that can helps in diagnosing the effectiveness of organisational learning processes. This paper also presents the results of the practical application of this new method. Consequently, the research follows the design science research (DSR) methodology. From a theoretical perspective, the study introduces a new EM method in KM. Practically, the new method allows for diagnosing the state of organisational learning by detecting existing feedback learning loop patterns and deviations from them in a given business situation.