You can create the Operational Node Connectivity Description (OV-2)
and Operational Information Exchange Matrix (OV-3) products to describe the
elements in an operational environment and to analyze the interactions between
those elements.
Before you begin
Before you can perform this task, you must create a DoDAF modeling
project.
About this task
To create DoDAF Operational View products:
Procedure
- In the Project Explorer view, expand the Operational
Nodes package and double-click the Operational Nodes
Diagram.
- Add operational nodes to the Operational Nodes package:
- In the Palette, click DoDAF.
- In the Palette, click Operational Node,
and then click in the diagram editor to insert the node.
- Type a name for the node, and press Enter.
- To add more operational nodes to the DoDAF model, repeat steps b through c.
- Add typed parameters to information exchanges (messages) in collaborations.
- In the Project Explorer view, expand the IO
Entities package and double-click the IO Entities Diagram.
- In the Palette, click Class
Diagram.
- In the Palette, click Class,
and then click in the diagram editor to insert a class to represent a parameter
type for an information exchange.
- Type a name for the class and press Enter.
- To add more parameter types, repeat steps c through d.
- Create OV-6c sequence diagrams to describe the interactions between
operational nodes in your model. Multiple sequence diagrams can be created
to describe different sets of interactions.
- In the Project Explorer, select any element in the DoDAF model,
right-click and the click DoDAF > Create OV-6c In the Project Explorer view,
right-click any element in the DoDAF model, and then click .
- Type a name to describe the specific interaction.
- Add data to the interaction to describe DoDAF information
exchanges.
- Add lifelines to the interaction to represent the operational
nodes in your model that are involved in this exchange of information.
- Create asynchronous messages between the operational nodes to
describe the information exchanges.
- For each message, ensure that an operation is created on the
receiving operational node. These operations on operational nodes represent
DoDAF operational activities.
- Add parameters to each of the methods that correspond to the messages
that you created in step 5.
- In the Project Explorer view, expand an
operational node that receives a message that you created in step 5.
- In the Project Explorer view, right-click
the method that corresponds to the message; then click .
- Type a name for the parameter and press Enter.
- In the Properties view, click the General tab.
- Click the Select Type button.
- In the Select Element window, expand the
IO Entities package; then click a class to assign the parameter a type.
- Generate the Operational Node Connectivity Description (OV-2):
Right-click any element in your DoDAF model; then click . You might need
to rearrange the OV-2 diagram layout to make it easier to read.
- Generate the Operational Information Exchange Matrix (OV-3): Right-click
any element in your DoDAF model; then click . The
Operational Information Exchange Matrix (OV-3) is displayed in the DoDAF
OV-3 view.