Capability

A capability is the ability to do things and to choose for a way of life according to one's personal values.

As it applies to human capital, capability represents performing or achieving certain actions/outcomes in terms of the intersection of capacity and ability.

Capability may also refer to:

Engineering

• Capability (systems engineering), the ability to execute a specified course of action
• Capability management, integrative management function in the defense sector

Computing

• Capability-based addressing, scheme used by some computers to control access to memory
• Capability-based security, concept in the design of secure computing systems

Economics

• Capability Maturity Model, a development model
• Capability Maturity Model Integration, a process improvement training and appraisal program
• Dynamic capabilities, theory in organizational sciences
• Capability management in business, capacity, materials, and expertise an organization needs in order to perform core functions
• Capability approach, theory in welfare economics

People

• Capability Brown (1716–1783), English landscape artist
• Capability Development Group

Music

• "Incapable" (Julie Bergan song)
• "Incapable" (Róisín Murphy song)

Other uses

• USS Capable, a vessel
• Capable group, a mathematical group

See also

• Ability (disambiguation)
• Capacity (disambiguation)
• Incapacitation (disambiguation)