Merge pull request #93 from DFE-Digital/Common-Definitions-Capabilities-Update

Update common-definitions.md

Author: Paul-Cripwell

standards/common-definitions.md

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 ### Capability ###
 
-A capability is an abstract concept, used to describe what we do (but not how). It can be thought of as all the things we need to deliver on our goals – they help us consider whether we have all the expertise, knowledge, technology, organisation and capacity to do it.
+A capability is an abstract concept, used to describe what we do (but not how). Capabilities can be thought of as all the things we do to deliver on our goals and are realised by people, processes, information, technology and other things – they help us consider whether we have all the expertise, knowledge, tools, organisation and capacity to do it.
 
-Capabilities are often categorised as:
-- business capabilities, that describe what the organisation does
-- people capabilities, that describe the skills, experience and capacity people have or need to do their job
-- enabling capabilities (such as technology, data) that support both business and people capabilities
+Capabilities can be grouped together into families or categories, for instance:
+- business capabilities, that describe core activities an organisation does to achieve its goals.
+- enabling capabilities, that, in of themselves, do not directly deliver organisation goals but rather support other capabilities, and might be shared or centralised.
 
-The DfE might define an organisational need to deliver Curriculum Design (a business capability). There may need to be people with varying skills and experience to help deliver Curriculum Design services (people capability). They may rely on other services, such as communications or finance, to support their delivery (enabling capability).
+The DfE might define an organisational need to deliver Curriculum Design (a business capability). This will require people, processes, information, technology and other things. These may in turn rely on other capabilities, such as communications or finance, to support their delivery (enabling capability).
 
 
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