Creating DoDAF Operational View products

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 can perform this task, you must create a DoDAF modeling project.
To create DoDAF Operational View products:
  1. In the Model Explorer view, expand the Operational Nodes package and double-click the Operational Nodes Diagram.
  2. Add operational nodes to the Operational Nodes package:
    1. In the Palette, click DoDAF.
    2. In the Palette, click Operational Node, and then click in the diagram editor to insert the node.
    3. Type a name for the node, and press Enter.
    4. To add more operational nodes to the DoDAF model, repeat steps b through c.
  3. Add typed parameters to information exchanges (messages) in collaborations.
    1. In the Model Explorer view, expand the IO Entities package and double-click the IO Entities Diagram.
    2. In the Palette, click Class Diagram.
    3. 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.
    4. Type a name for the class and press Enter.
    5. To add more parameter types, repeat steps c through d.
  4. Create collaborations to describe interactions between the operational nodes in your model:
    1. In the Model Explorer view, expand your DoDAF model and its DoDAF Views, Operational View, and OV-6c views.
    2. To add a collaboration to the OV-6c view, right-click the OC-6c view; then click Add UML > Collaboration.
    3. Type a name for the collaboration and press Enter.
    4. To add a sequence diagram and an interaction to the collaboration, right-click the collaboration; then click Add UML > Sequence Diagram.
  5. Add lifelines to the interaction to represent the operational nodes in your model and add messages to describe information exchanges between the nodes.
  6. Add parameters to each of the methods that correspond to the messages that you created in step 5.
    1. In the Model Explorer view, expand an operational node that receives a message that you created in step 5.
    2. In the Model Explorer view, right-click the method that corresponds to the message; then click Add UML > Parameter.
    3. Type a name for the parameter and press Enter.
    4. In the Properties view, click the Advanced tab.
    5. In the Property column, click the Type property.
    6. In the Value column, click the ellipsis button (...).
    7. In the Select Element window, expand the IO Entities package; then click a class to assign the parameter a type.
  7. Generate the Operational Node Connectivity Description (OV-2): Right-click any element in your DoDAF model; then click DoDAF > Create OV-2. You might need to rearrange the OV-2 diagram layout to make it easier to read.
  8. Generate the Operational Information Exchange Matrix (OV-3): Right-click any element in your DoDAF model; then click DoDAF > Show OV-3 View. The Operational Information Exchange Matrix (OV-3) is displayed in the DoDAF OV-3 view.
Related concepts
DoDAF feature overview
Related tasks
Enabling DoDAF modeling capabilities
Creating a DoDAF modeling project
Creating DoDAF Systems View products
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