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Operational Capability Programme

Operational Capability Programme

Building validated Decision Intelligence for the real choices governments face.

Helping governments make better decisions. Statuses below reflect the Decision Capability registry where a capability is registered, and are labelled as programme roadmap items when not yet registered. No capability is presented as operational unless it has earned that maturity.

Flagship · Alpha 1

Municipal Expenditure Optimisation

Helping municipal leaders find savings without blindly damaging services.

Where can municipal expenditure be reduced, and which savings are least likely to harm essential services?

Current maturity: Analytical Validation · Status: Analytical preview

Evidence requirements and analytical pathway defined; validation status limited. Not yet an operational or reference capability.

Questions this capability is intended to support

  • Where can expenditure be reduced?
  • Which savings are least likely to harm essential services?
  • Are operational efficiencies available before service reductions?
  • Which assumptions require updated evidence?
  • What implementation and monitoring plan should accompany the decision?

The defining test is not whether Duplios can display municipal data. It is whether a municipal finance executive can use it to make a better, more defensible decision.

This is a validation standard — not a claim that a specific municipal CFO has already used the capability in production.

Programme roadmap

Alpha 1–10 in government language. Future items are Defined programme scope — not operational products.

Alpha 1 · Flagship

Municipal Expenditure Optimisation

Where can municipal expenditure be reduced, and which savings are least likely to harm essential services?

Supports:
Municipal finance executives, municipal managers, treasury and budget stewards
Maturity:
Analytical Validation
Programme status:
Analytical preview
Evidence & models:
Evidence requirements and analytical pathway defined; validation status limited. Not yet an operational or reference capability.
  • · Structured options for efficiency before service cuts
  • · Evidence-backed comparison of savings pathways
  • · Implementation and monitoring considerations with the recommendation

Alpha 2

Electricity Resilience Planning

How should institutions plan for electricity resilience when evidence, assets and responsibilities are fragmented?

Supports:
Energy planners, municipal and national infrastructure stewards
Maturity:
Analytical Validation
Programme status:
Analytical preview
Evidence & models:
Evidence requirements and analytical pathway defined; validation status limited. Not yet operational.
  • · Clearer framing of resilience options and trade-offs
  • · Evidence gaps made visible before commitment
  • · Monitoring considerations attached to recommendations

Alpha 3

Water Security

How can institutions improve water security decisions when supply, demand, infrastructure and obligations interact?

Supports:
Water services authorities, municipal and national water stewards
Maturity:
Analytical Validation
Programme status:
Analytical preview
Evidence & models:
Evidence requirements and analytical pathway defined; validation status limited. Not yet operational.
  • · Decision framing across supply, demand and infrastructure
  • · Honest treatment of incomplete evidence
  • · Structured recommendation and monitoring path

Alpha 4

Disaster Management

How should institutions prepare for, respond to and learn from disasters with evidence-grounded priorities?

Supports:
Disaster management centres, municipal and provincial coordinators
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Decision support for preparedness and response priorities
  • · Clear accountability across institutions

Alpha 5

Housing Delivery

How can housing delivery decisions balance need, capacity, funding and implementation risk?

Supports:
Housing departments, municipal delivery units
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Defensible delivery options
  • · Implementation monitoring pathways

Alpha 6

Public Transport

How should transport decisions weigh service quality, cost, access and network effects?

Supports:
Transport authorities, municipal mobility planners
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Comparable intervention options
  • · Evidence and model gap visibility

Alpha 7

Healthcare Capacity

How can health systems decide capacity investments and service changes with incomplete evidence?

Supports:
Health departments, hospital and district managers
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Capacity decision framing
  • · Monitoring of assumed outcomes

Alpha 8

Education Planning

How should education planners allocate scarce capacity across infrastructure, staffing and access?

Supports:
Education departments, district and municipal education stewards
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Planning options with explicit assumptions
  • · Outcome tracking hooks

Alpha 9

Economic Development

How can economic development decisions connect evidence, institutions and realistic implementation paths?

Supports:
Economic development agencies, municipal and national planners
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Intervention comparison under uncertainty
  • · Cross-system dependency awareness

Alpha 10

Climate Resilience

How should climate resilience decisions balance risk, investment, equity and long-term monitoring?

Supports:
Climate and environment stewards, municipal resilience offices
Maturity:
Defined
Programme status:
In development
Evidence & models:
Programme item — not yet in the Decision Capability registry.
  • · Risk-aware options
  • · Steward-reviewed learning pathways

Capability maturity model

How Duplios determines whether a capability is ready to support real decisions.

  1. Defined

    The decision scope, users, authorities and intended outcomes are documented.

  2. Evidence Complete

    Required evidence sources, legislation, institutional responsibilities and fallbacks are mapped and tested.

  3. Validated Models

    Any analytical calculations used have documented assumptions, limitations, tests and approval status.

  4. Operational Capability

    The capability can support a real decision from evidence gathering through recommendation, implementation and monitoring.

  5. Outcome Validated

    Actual outcomes have been recorded and compared with the original assumptions and recommendation.

  6. Reference Capability

    The capability has demonstrated repeatable value, documented limitations and transferable, steward-approved learning.

A capability is not declared operational merely because software screens, workflows or APIs exist.

Related: Our Journey, Trust, FAQ.