The CV-2 presents capabilities and the hierarchical relationships between them. CV-2 specifies all the capabilities that are referenced throughout one or more architectures – i.e. one CV-2 may provide the definitive list of capabilities for a number of logical and physical architectures. In addition, it can be used as a source document for the development of high-level use cases and user requirements.
Usage
The intended usage of the CV-2 includes:
- Identification of capability requirements.
- Capability planning (capability taxonomy).
- Codifying required capability elements.
- Capability audit.
- Capability gap analysis.
- Source for the derivation of cohesive sets of user requirements.
- Providing reference capabilities for architectures.
Product Description
The CV-2 specifies a hierarchy of capabilities. When capabilities are referenced in operational or systems architectures, it may be that a particular facility, location, or organization or configuration meets more than one level of capability. The CV-2 is used to capture and organize the capability functions – required for the vision set out in the CV-1 Vision.
In CV-2, the Capabilities are only described in the abstract – i.e., CV-2 does not specify how a capability is to be implemented. A CV-2 is structured as a hierarchy of capabilities, with the most general at the root and most specific at the leaves.
Creating a Capability Taxonomy
To create a Capability Taxonomy diagram:
- Click on Capability Taxonomy in the Action Artifact area, and then select Create New Diagram.
- Type the diagram name and press Enter.
- A blank diagram is created and you can start constructing the view. You can create Capabilities and connect them through the tools under the diagram toolbar.
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