Structure v0.2

Eurostat feedback

The main concerns are twofold :

1)    the distinction between corporate support and capability

2)    The labeling of the GAMSO level 1 categories

• Firstly, we continue to find artificial the splitting between "Corporate support" and "capability".  The current splitting is based on statistical versus non statistical capabilities.  Ambiguities can arise because both concern the same type of activities (e.g. IT: support and development; People: skill management and support capability implementation). In addition, there seems to be conceptual differences in the approach taken for both areas.  In corporate support the accent is put on the areas for activities (Finance, HR, Information, …) while in "capability" the accent is put of the identification, development and management activities irrespective of the area (data management, Innovation, …). This distinction and the difference of approaches need to be further explained in the proposed documentation. 

• Secondly, the current labelling of activity areas: activity area 2 is called "Capability". "Capability" is a term that has a very specific meaning in the Enterprise Architecture context. Having a capability means being able to undertake an activity. "Capability" is future-oriented while "Activity" is static. Therefore "Capability" cannot be the name for an activity: it is simply a misnomer. This could be rectified by simply changing the name of the area with "Manage capabilities" or "develop capabilities". As these names are already used in GAMSO at lower levels, maybe "Capability improvement" or "Capability building" could be used.

In general, Istat deems it very important to reach a higher alignement level between GAMSO and SN BAAM. Of course, this applies especially to levels II and III of the models.

For further details, a scheme with some comments on the differences between GAMSO and SN BAAM is attached. The comments regard the Business Lines Production, Capabilty and Corporate Support. Istat_Comments on GAMSO_Janaury 2015.docx 

Thank you for your attention.

Kind regards

Nadia

ABS has no comments on the structure at the very highest level as described in this section.  Comments have been provided on the four individual sections which detail each of the four “broad areas” which exist within this highest level structure.