COBIT Cascade Mapper (APO02)

Overview

Build Goals Cascade traceability: map enterprise goals to alignment goals and IT objectives. Generate the Traceability Matrix showing how IT initiatives support stakeholder drivers. Includes alignment drift detector.

Example Conversation

You: We have a server upgrade and a cloud migration in the pipeline. I need a traceability matrix showing how each supports our Enterprise Strategic Plan — e.g. Business Service Continuity.

Agent: I’ll build a traceability matrix linking each initiative to an enterprise goal (e.g. Business Service Continuity, cost optimization), then run alignment_drift_detector to flag any initiative without a mapping.

Agent: Created alignment-matrix-apo02.md with the matrix. Running alignment_drift_detector…

Agent: FAIL — one initiative (cloud migration) has no direct mapping in the document. I’ve added a row: Cloud migration → supports “Cost optimization” and “Operational resilience” per strategic plan. Re-running the detector…

Agent: PASS — all initiatives are now mapped to the strategic plan. You can use this for the board or APO02 evidence.

What the Tools Validate

alignment_drift_detector scans an initiatives list or alignment document (Markdown or text):

• Detection: Identifies IT initiatives (e.g. “server upgrade”, “cloud migration”, “new system deployment”) from phrasing in the document.
• Rule: Each initiative must have a stated mapping to the Enterprise Strategic Plan (e.g. “maps to enterprise goal”, “supports Business Service Continuity”, “traceability to stakeholder driver”) within context (same section or nearby).
• Output: PASS if every detected initiative has a mapping; FAIL with a list of unmapped initiatives. Add explicit links to enterprise goals and re-run.

Output Excerpt

Traceability matrix (excerpt):

## Traceability (APO02)

| Initiative        | IT objective      | Enterprise goal              |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
| Server upgrade    | Availability      | Business Service Continuity   |
| Cloud migration   | Cost, resilience | Cost optimization; Operational resilience |

alignment_drift_detector report (excerpt):

=== ALIGNMENT DRIFT DETECTOR (APO02) ===
Result: PASS

Document: alignment-matrix-apo02.md
Initiatives detected: 2. Unmapped to strategic plan: 0.
All detected initiatives have a mapping to the strategic plan.
No alignment drift: all initiatives mapped.

Getting Started

Add your Enterprise Strategic Plan (or goals list) and initiatives list to the project workspace, then activate the COBIT Cascade Mapper (APO02) skill. The agent will draft the traceability matrix and run alignment_drift_detector until all initiatives are mapped.