The modules are composed of resources. In the process area of capabilities generation,
modules and/or resources are acquired following investment and recruiting plans
(acquisition function). So we have a schema of outcomes ??“ outputs ??“ capabilities
??“ modules ??“ resources.
Each capability produces one or more outputs to its (internal and/or external)
clients. The client expects a level of quality and service related to this output. In
a business-process-to-business-process context the output (quantity and quality),
time frame, and services are described in a service level agreement (SLA) (Rabaey,
Vandenborre, Tromp, & Hoffman, 2005).
In Figure 1 a capability is composed of modules, but each module can be seen as
a capability itself composed of other modules. By drilling down we reach, at a
certain point, modules that cannot be decomposed anymore into other modules.
This is the atomic module, and it has only resources such as material and human
resources to manage.
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