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PV-3 – Project to Capability Mapping

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The PV-3 supports the acquisition and deployment processes, including the management of dependencies between projects and the integration of all relevant project and program elements to achieve a capability.

Usage

The intended usage of the PV-3 includes:

  • Tracing capability requirements to projects.
  • Capability audit.

Product Description

The PV-3 maps programs, projects, portfolios, or initiatives to capabilities to show how the specific elements help to achieve a capability.

PV-3 presents the mapping from programs, projects, portfolios, or initiatives to capabilities as a matrix. The rows are Capabilities and the columns are the programs, projects, portfolios, or initiatives. An X in a cell indicate where the capability is supported by the programs, projects, portfolios, or initiatives whereas a blank can indicate that it does not.

Creating a Project to Capability Mapping

To create a Project to Capability Mapping table:

  1. Click on Project to Capability Mapping in the Action Artifact area.
  2. This opens a chart with ActualProjects and Capabilities listed as rows and columns, respectively.
  3. Double click on a cell and select X to indicate where the capability is supported by the programs, projects, portfolios.

DoDAF Example: Project to Capability Mapping

DoDAF in Visual Paradigm

The DoDAF is brought to you by Visual Paradigm, a full-featured development platform. Visual Paradigm provides an easy-to-use, model-driven DoDAF tool that supports the development of DoDAF 2.02 views and models. You can create integrated DoDAF products and generate architectural documents that facilitate organizations to efficiently coordinate enterprise architecture initiatives.