Capability Management

Capability management refers to the management of capability, particularly in the context of defence. Capability is the quality of being capable; to have the capacity or ability to do something, achieve specific effects or declared goals and objectives. Enterprises in essence consist of a portfolio or matrix of capabilities that are used in various combinations to achieve outcomes. Within that portfolio, a capability will be transient unless managed and maintained over time. Therefore, a typical capability lifecycle spans needs, requirements, acquisition, in-service and obsolesence/disposal phases. While a highly developed management disipline within several national military organisations, the tenets, principles and approaches of capability management have wide-ranging application to all enterprises, their strategy and their operations.
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