P5 – Resource States

The P5 Viewpoint identifies the states a Resource can be, the allowable changes between those states, and the stimuli (e.g. triggers and events) that cause the state changes.

Usage

The intended usage of the P5 includes:

• Definition of states, events and state transitions (behavioural modelling).
• Identification of constraints.

Creating a Resource States diagram

To create a Resource States diagram:

1. Click on Resource States in the Action Artifact area, and then select Create New Diagram.
2. You are creating a table for managing the state diagrams. Type a name for the table. You can create multiple tables based on different contexts (e.g. by phases, purposes, etc).
3. This opens a table where you can create and manage state diagrams. Click on New Resource States Definition above the table to create a new row.
4. Under the first column, select the context to create state diagram, which can be ResourceArchitecture, System, CapabilityConfiguration, Organization, Person, Post, Responsibility, Project, NaturalResource, ResourceArtifact, Software or Technology.
5. Under the second column, create the state diagram(s). The diagram created will be added to the selected context element as a sub-diagram.