Capability Matrix for Open Data Businesses

Capability Matrix For Open Data

Fatemeh Ahmadi

Adegboyega Ojo

Oct 07, 2014, Amsterdam

PRO-VE Conference 6-8 Oct, 2014

Data

Oct 07, 2014 Amsterdam


Data



Open Data



















Open Data



Open Data Ecosystem



Open Data results from opening up and sharing of non-sensitive information

in machine-readable format with businesses and the general public

Open Data

Utilize Open Data

Business of any size Open Data Business

Open Data-Driven Business



Data underpins businesses and the economy, and thus key in providing new

insights into consumer needs and enabling new products and services

to be developed

Therefore, we witness a growing number of Open Data SMEs/businesses

seeking to tap into the shared resources and to uniquely position

themselves through specialization in the landscape to create and capture

value for their stakeholders

To creating and capturing value, Open Data business managers are required to

employ emerging set of capabilities to catalyze positive change in the

business

These capabilities enable a business to achieve specific purpose or output

Open Data for Business



Open Data and Business Capability

Open Data Capabilities

Business

Creating Value



There are no scholarly studies available that

• gather Open Data capabilities,

• map capabilities to Open Data value chain

• and provide sophisticated tool for businesses to describe, design,

challenge, invent and pivot Open Data business capabilities

Moreover…

Understanding, using, and representing a set of Open Data capabilities for

Open Data businesses is challenging for many management teams

Problem



Addressing the Problems We address these problems by

• Providing Open Data businesses with an Open Data Capability Matrix as a

tool to specify and develop Open Data capabilities for (virtual) organization

needs

1. General Capability and Capability types

2. Open Government Data Value Chain (PSI)

3. Identifying Open Data Value Capability Areas and Capabilities associated with

each type

4. Aligning Open Data Capability Areas to PSI Value Chain

5. Deconstruction of Open Data Capabilities (Open Data Capability Matrix)



Addressing the Problem 1




each type


5. Deconstruction of Open Data Capabilities (Construct Open Data Capability

Matrix)



General Business Capability

Value Capabilities: Set of capabilities required for creating/adding value to the product or offering.

• Competences: Complexity of the context within which an individual can operate.

• Business Process: Collection of related and structure activities that produce specific service

• Organization: The way people and systems work together in an organization

• IT Infrastructure: Technological foundation of Computer, Communications and Data. This

includes hardware, software, telecommunication, sensors and etc.

• Technological: Knowledge embedded in a product or process on doing practical things

• Management: Process of controlling things and people







each type



Matrix)



Open Government Data Value Chain







each type



Matrix)



Open Data Value Capability Areas

1. Data Generation

2. Data Processing

3. Data Storage and Computing

Facilities

4. Data Retrieval

5. Data Release

6. Publishing Solution

7. Providing Access to Data and

APIs

8. Data Usage







each type



Matrix)



Aligning Open Data Capability Areas to

PSI Value Chain

Open Data Value Capabilities

PSI Value Chain



Aligning Open Data Capability Areas to

PSI Value Chain







each type



Matrix)



Open Data Capability Matrix Main

Components

General Business Capability Types

PSI Value Chain

Open Data Value Capabilities



Open Data Capability Matrix



Capability Matrix

The deconstruction of Open Data capabilities is a matrix of strategic

management and value chain analysis for Open Data businesses

It captures all capabilities an Open Data business require – from generating

data to final use and re-use of data - for creating and capturing value from OD

It is a strategic tool for Open Data businesses of any size to exercise and

exploit for their business

It allows Open Data business managers to identify what capabilities are

valuable and necessary to the business they are running

Open Data capabilities need to be specified based on business model.

Different business may have different matrix however they can share

competencies and resources



Conclusion

• Data is a rich resource that we need to foster a deep understanding of data

in society

Every 14 minutes, somewhere in the world, someone talks about Data

Data is the new Oil (Jer Thorp 2012: Harward Business Review)

• Data is created in vast quantities, every day. Many products and services are

built

• Capability matrix is a tool to support design of Open Data business capabilities

• Capability Matrix can result emergence of Open Data business models

• Capability Matrix can assist Open Data business managers to understand and

describe how capabilities should be utilize and extended throughout the Open

Data value chain

• Each business may focus on building different products and services -> each

business requires set of capabilities necessary to build the product and service



• Capability Matrix benefits collaborative data sharing network (data-centric

collaboration) which is emerged to share large and diverse data with businesses

and general public – Open Data Capability Matrix is data resource for other

businesses to build capabilities

• Open Data collaborative business network can benefit from the Capability

Matrix by sharing capabilities

• Sharing capabilities result emergence of new Open Data businesses and new

products and services

• Emergence of new Open Data business will result in building new capabilities

that can be shared in the network

Conclusion



• Case study is performed with number of Open Data Businesses in IRELAND

• We received many very positive feedback from cases

• We developed the Matrix based on feedback we received

• Future Research:

We will develop Open Data Capability Matrix targeting at Competitive

and Innovative/Dynamic Capabilities

Ongoing and Further Research



Sample Use Case

xPRESO Co.:

Xpreso is an

open data

business which is

a start up

company based

in Dublin, Ireland

with a focus on

communication

platform which

connects courier

drivers with

parcel recipients

in real-time.



Value Chain Phases

Open Data Capability Areas

Data Generation

Data Collection, Aggregation and Processing

Data Distribution and

Delivery

Final data Use

Generating Data

Data

Processing

Data storage

& Computing Facilities

Data

Release

Providing Access to Data & APIs

Publishing Solution

Data

Retrieval Data

Usage

Ge

ne

ral

Bu

sin

ess

Ca

pa

bil

itie

s

Individual/

Competences

Business Process

Organization

IT Infrastructure

Technological Infrastructure

Management/ Governance

Open Data Capability

Framework

Developed Model



Thank You

**Acknowledgment**

This work is financially supported by PaaSport Project (FP7)

PaaSport-project.eu



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Capability Matrix for Open Data Businesses