United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division
Introduction to
Capabilities
Steven Vale
UNECE [email protected]
Definition (Wikipedia)
A capability is the ability to perform or
achieve certain actions or outcomes
Capability represents the intersection of
capacity and ability
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Capabilities: Organisational level
Capabilities require a combination of people,
processes, methods, systems and standards
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Activities, processes and capabilities
An activity is something we do
A process is how we do it
Capabilities are what
allow us to do it
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Capability Framework
Business Capabilities Model developed by
ESS Enterprise Architecture Task Force
“summarizes the key capabilities required for
producing official statistics. It provides a framework
to view which capabilities are already sufficiently
present … versus those on which development
effort is needed”
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ESS Capability Model: Levels 0 & 1
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Maturity by Capability
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Capabilities: Individual level
Challenge: To match individual
capabilities with organisational need
Do our staff have the capabilities we
need?
• Now
• In the future
If not, develop or hire?
Do we use existing capabilities of our
staff effectively?
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Capabilities: Team level?
Not always possible
to find an individual
with all required
capabilities
Consider defining /
developing
capabilities at team
level
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Big Data:
Team-level
capabilities
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Summary
Identifying and developing the right
• individual
• team
• organisational
capabilities is key to statistical modernisation
