AcV-1 provides an organisational-based perspective on how projects can be grouped together to achieve coherent programmes.
The AcV-1 depicts logical groupings of projects (into “clusters”), mapped to the organisations that manage them, in order to describe the portfolio of projects that contribute to a coherent acquisition programme. It provides a means of identifying the main dependencies between acquisition elements.
Usage
The intended usage of the AcV-1 includes:
- Programme management (specified acquisition programme structure).
- Project organisation.
Product Description
The AcV-1 provides a way of describing the organisational relationships between multiple acquisition projects that deliver individual systems or capabilities as part of a wider programme. Consequently, it generally will not be developed by those building Architectures for an individual project.
In essence, AcV-1 is an organisational breakdown consisting of actual organisations (see OV-4, Operational Relationships Chart) in a hierarchical structure which groups the projects they manage to form acquisition clusters.
The view is strongly linked with StV-4, Capability Dependencies, which shows capability clusters and dependencies.
The intent of an AcV-1 is to show:
- All of the acquisition projects delivering capability within the programme of interest.
- The structure of acquisition projects.
An AcV-1 is specific to a particular Enterprise Phase – i.e. the structure of programmes may change over time as projects are merged, axed and the capability portfolio rebalanced. Hence, it is possible that an acquisition programme could have more than one AcV-1, each showing how the acquisition clusters are arranged for relevant Enterprise Phases.
Creating an Acquisition Clusters diagram
To create an Acquisition Clusters diagram:
- Click on Acquisition Clusters in the Action Artifact area.
- A blank diagram is created and you can start constructing the view. You can create ActualProject, ActualOrganization, ActualPerson and ActualPost.
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