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The Strategic Drivers Table (St-Mv) allows you to assemble Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities, and Capabilities in a tabular form. Also, this table helps define relationships between Drivers and Challenges, Challenges and Opportunities, Opportunities and Capabilities. This table captures the Driver, Challenge, Opportunity, and Capability elements in strict order in each row: the Driver presenting Challenges, the Challenges motivating Opportunities, and the Opportunities impacting Capabilities.

An example of the Strategic Drivers Table

Creating Strategic Drivers Table diagram

When you choose to create Strategic Drivers Table, the Strategic Drivers Table Creation Wizard opens.


To create a Strategic Drivers Table from the wizard

  1. Right-click the Strategic Motivation Package and select Create Diagram > Strategic Drivers Table.
  2. Follow the steps of the Strategic Drivers Table Creation Wizard.
  3. Click Finish when you are done.

If you do not wish to use this wizard next time, clear the Show the wizard next time, when I create Strategic Drivers Table check box.

To restore the usage of the Strategic Drivers Table Creation Wizard

  1. Select Options > Environment.
  2. In the Environment Options dialog select the UAF options group.
  3. In the General properties, set the Show Strategic Drivers Creation Wizard property value to true.


To create a Strategic Drivers Table when Strategic Drivers Table Creation Wizard is disabled

  1. Right-click the Strategic Motivation Package and select Create Diagram > Strategic Drivers Table.

  2. Type the diagram name.

  3. Press Enter.
    The blank Strategic Drivers Table chart is created.

Working with table

Choosing display mode

You can choose to include the element from the entire model as addition to those added or created from the Strategic Drivers Table. To accomplish this, in the table Criteria area, select the Include All Related Elements from Model check box.

An example of how the table content changes when the Include All Related Elements from Model check box is selected.

Adding Drivers

To add a new Driver

  1. In the table toolbar, click the Add New button.
  2. In the open Select Owner dialog, choose the owner for the Driver you are creating.
  3. Click OK.

The new Driver is added to the table as a row.

       

To add an existing Driver

  1. In the table toolbar, click the Add Existing button.
  2. In the open Select Owner dialog, choose one or more Drivers.
  3. Click OK.

The existing Driver is added to the table as a row.

You can also add new elements to the table by dragging and dropping them from the Containment tree to the table.

Removing Drivers

To remove an element from the chart

  1. Select an element.
  2. On the diagram toolbar, click the Remove From Table button.


To delete an element from the model

  1. Select an element.
  2. On the diagram toolbar, click the Delete button.

Managing Challenges

To add new Challenges

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button.
  2. In the open Select Challenge dialog, click the Creation Mode button.
  3. Choose the owner for a new Challenge.
  4. Click the Create button, and choose Strategic > Challenge.
  5. Fill out needed information and click Close.
  6. Click OK.


To add existing Challenges

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button.
  2. In the open Select Challenge dialog, select needed Challenges from the list and added them su the Selected elements list.
  3. Click OK.


You can also add new elements or replace existing ones in the cell by dragging and dropping them from the Containment tree to the table cell. If you want to add more Challenges to the particular cell, choose the needed Challenges in the Containment tree, press Ctrl and drag them to the needed cell.


When you add Challenge elements into cells, the Presented By relationship is created between Challenge and Driver elements if the needed relationships do not exist in the Model.

In case of new relationship creation, the background action is logged and the the notification will be displayed in the Notification Window informing you about the newly created relationships. Learn more about Logging background actions. 


Managing Opportunities

Adding new Opportunities

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button. The Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog opens.
  2. In the Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog, click the Edit button.
  3. In the open Select Opportunity dialog, click Creation Mode.

  4. Choose an appropriate owner for a new Opportunity.
  5. Click Create > Strategic > Opportunity.
  6. Enter specifications for the Opportunity.
  7. Click Close. A new Opportunity is added to the Selected elements list.


Add existing Opportunities

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button. The Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog opens.
  2. In the Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog, click the Edit button.
  3. Choose one or more Opportunities and click the Add button (or double-click Opportunity to add it).


You can also add new elements or replace existing ones in the cell by dragging and dropping them from the Containment tree to the table cell. If you want to add more Opportunities to the particular cell, choose the needed Opportunities in the Containment tree, press Ctrl and drag them to the needed cell.


To map the Challenges with Opportunities

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button. The Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog opens.
  2. In the open dialog, drag a selected Challenge onto the needed Opportunity to create a Motivated By relationship.
  3. Click OK.

When you add Opportunity elements into cells, the Motivated By relationship is created between Opportunity and Challenge elements if the needed relationships do not exist in the Model.

An example of the Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog.


In case of new relationship creation, the background action is logged and the the notification will be displayed in the Notification Window informing you about the newly created relationships. Learn more about Logging background actions. 


To remove the element mapping

  • In the Manage Opportunities and Motivated By relationships dialog, do one of the following:
    • Select a relation and click the Delete button.
    • Click the Delete All button to remove all mapping relations.

Managing Capabilities

Adding new Capabilities

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button. The Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog opens.
  2. In the Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog, click the Edit button.
  3. In the open Select Capability dialog, click Creation Mode.

  4. Choose an appropriate owner for a new Capability.
  5. Click Create > Strategic > Capability.
  6. Enter specifications for the Capability.
  7. Click Close. A new Capability is added to the Selected elements list.


Add existing Capabilities

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button. The Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog opens.
  2. In the Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog, click the Edit button.
  3. Choose one or more Capabilities and click the Add button (or double-click Capability to add it).


You can also add new elements or replace existing ones in the cell by dragging and dropping them from the Containment tree to the table cell. If you want to add more Capabilities to the particular cell, choose the needed Capabilities in the Containment tree, press Ctrl and drag them to the needed cell.


To map the Opportunities with Capabilities

  1. In the table, double-click the needed cell and then click the Edit button. The Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog opens.
  2. In the open dialog, drag a selected Opportunity onto the needed Capability to create an Impacted By relationship.
  3. Click OK.

When you add Capability elements into cells, the Impacted By relationship is created between Capability and Opportunity elements if the needed relationships do not exist in the Model.

An example of the Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog.


In case of new relationship creation, the background action is logged and the the notification will be displayed in the Notification Window informing you about the newly created relationships. Learn more about Logging background actions. 


To remove the element mapping

  • In the Manage Capabilities and Impacted By relationships dialog, do one of the following:
    • Select a relation and click the Delete button.
    • Click the Delete All button to remove all mapping relations.

Generating Reports

The Strategic Driver Table has a predefined report available. You can generate the report:

  • Directly from the table toolbar
  • Using a quick report option from the Containment tree
  • Through the Report Wizard

An example of a Strategic Drivers Table report


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