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A discipline for engineering enduring abilities
Capability-Centric Engineering
Engineering Reusable Capabilities Across Organisations, Software, AI and Operations
Enterprises repeatedly change systems, suppliers and operating models without preserving a stable record of the ability being changed. Capability-Centric Engineering treats that enduring ability as an engineering object whose purpose, realisation, operation and evidence remain traceable across change.
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The proposition
Capability before implementation
The book connects capability identity, context, contracts, composition, runtime, evidence, governance and value. It tests the discipline against publication, urban systems, structured work, tabletop systems and the shopfloor, while keeping the limits of the evidence visible.
It is written for enterprise architects, engineering leaders and practitioners who need reusable capabilities without losing meaning, accountability or safe failure.
For readers working acrossEnterprise architecture · Systems engineering · Software · AI · Operations · Governance
The path through the argument
Six parts, one traceable engineering object
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01
The Engineering Object
The integration problem, the failing status quo, the capability boundary and its evidence.
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02
The Semantic Core
Identity, context, outcomes, value, contracts, relationships and lifecycle.
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03
From Contract to Runtime
Events, state, composition, dependencies, control, evidence and assurance.
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04
Engineering the Change
Discovery, mapping, composition, verification, validation and outcome assessment.
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05
Governing the Enterprise
Politics, portfolio, value, adoption, interoperability and governed participation.
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Cases That Try to Break the Model
Publication, urban systems, structured work, tabletop systems and shopfloor operations.
Reader-facing language
Formal terms, connected to human questions
| Formal CCE register | Reader-facing register |
|---|---|
| Intent | What someone is trying to achieve |
| Effect | What changes in the world |
| Outcome | What that change ultimately means |
| Value | Why the result matters, and to whom |
Publication record
Identifiers and availability
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Paperback
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- 978-83-982863-1-2
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Hardcover
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- 978-83-982863-2-9
Continuing research record
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