A technique for creating and using measurement instances in DoDAF2 to describe resources of all types in the resource flows throughout the architecture as well as a means of reporting on those the resource flows, their resources and the properties using the OV-03 Operational Resource Flow Matrix and SV-06 System Resource Flow Matrix reports. In short, using this technique in System Architect version 11.4.3.2 or later supports the creation and reuse of custom measurements, assignment of those measurements to resources and OV-03/SV-06 reporting of the resource flows.

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Technique for Generating DoDAF2 OV-03
and SV-06 Matrix Reports using Project
Specific Measurements, Resources and
Resource Flows
Chuck Faris
Senior Enterprise Architecture Specialist
IBM Rational Unleash the Labs
cfaris@us.ibm.com

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Why This Technique is Useful in DoDAF2
 Provides a flexible workflow supporting the creation and use of custom measurements and
attributes needed to describe the Resources in Resource Flows reported on in OV-03
Operational Resource Flow Matrix, SV-06 System Resource Flow Matrix and other reports
 Supports user creation of OV-05b/SV-04 and auto-generation of Exchanges (OV-06c/SV-
10c), Need Lines (OV-02) and System Resource Flows (SV-01 and SV-02)
 Contains a mechanism for creation and maintenance of needed measurements and attributes
without metamodel changes
 Supports the creation and reuse of DoDAF2 Resources and subtypes (data, information,
materiel, system, etc.) containing the Measurement Instances and Attributes
 Supports the creation and assignment of Resources to Resource Flows
(ActivityResourceOverlap, System Data Flow, Service Data Flow)
– Other definition types containing a Resource property can have Resources assigned but they will not be
included in OV-03 and SV-06 reports
 Generates OV-03 and SV-06 reports based on your Measurements, Resources and
Resource Flows in prescribed structure
 Measurement Types : Boolean, Date, Fixed-List, Numeric or Text and their Unit Of Measure
– Fixed-List collects the list elements and provides a drop-down list of elements
 Also used in FEAF2 and can be used in other frameworks
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 Generated System Architect Report Generator sample OV-03 Operational Resource Flow
Matrix based on custom Measurements used in Resources in Resource Flows and generated
Need Lines – Same for SV-06
OV-03 Operational Resource Flow Matrix and SV-06 System Resource
Flow Matrix
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Structure Used in OV-03 and SV-06 Report Generation
Resource Flow (High Level)
•Need Line
•System Resource Flow
Exchange
•Operational Exchange
•System Exchange
Resource Flow (Low Level)
•ActivityResourceOverlap
•System Data Flow
Resource subtype structure
•Resource
•Information
•Data
•Architectural Description
•Domain Information
•Materiel
•Performer
•System
•Service
•Service Interface
•Person
•Organization
•Interface (Port)
Activity subtype structure
•Activity
•System Function
•Service Function
Role
Performer
Role
Performer Resource Flow (High Level)
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OV-02/SV-01
OV-06c/SV-10c
OV-03/SV-06
Activity &
Performer
Activity &
Performer
Exchange
Resource Flow (Low Level)
OV-05b/SV-04
Resources
Measurement
Instances
Measurement
Sets and Types

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Workflow – Measurement Creation to Report Generation
 Create the needed Measurement Sets, Types and Values
 Create the Resources that will flow in the Resource Flows (any DoDAF2 Resource subtype:
Data, Information and Materiel are a few of the subtypes)
 Assign Resources to Low Level Resource Flows
– Low Level Resource Flows are: ActivityResourceOverlaps, System Data Flows and Service Data Flow
 Create and Assign Measurement Instances to the Resources in Low Level Resource Flows to
include in OV-03 and SV-06
– Top-down by working in a Resource and creating Measurement Instances as needed
– Bottom-up by creating the Measurement Instances, then using them in Resources
 Using System Architect DoDAF2 Utilities under the Tools menu, Generate Operational
Exchanges and Need Lines or System Exchanges and System Resource Flows or Service
Resource Flows from low level Resource Flows
 Rename generated Resource Flows, Exchanges and Roles if needed
 Using System Architect Report Generator, Generate OV-03 Operational Resource Flow
Matrix or SV-06 System Resource Flow Matrix
 Steps can be done in many sequences – for example after generating an OV-03 report add
other Resources to Resource Flows or other Measurement Instances to Resources and rerun
the OV-035

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Creating Measurement Sets and Measurement Types
Used in creation of Measurement
Instances
Measurement Sets contain collections
of Measurement Types
Measurement Types contain
collections of Measurement Values
when Measurement Type is “Fixed
List”
Measurement Types also contain
One Unit of Measure
One Value Type
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Creating a Measurement Instance
Select Measurement Set
Select Measurement Type based on
restricted list
Value Type completed from
Measurement Type
Select Value from fixed list or fill in the
Value depending on Value Type
Report Value populated on OK
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Using Measurement Instances in a Resource in a Resource Flow
DoDAF2 Resources including all
Resource subtypes (data, information,
material, person, etc.) can contain
Measurement Instances and can be
assigned to Resource Flows
Open or create a Resource that will
be assigned to a Resource Flow.
Add the Measurement Instances you
need to the Resource. Measurement
Instances can be created in their
containers, top-down, or they can be
reused.
Assign the Resource to an
ActivityResourceOverlap System Data
Flow or Service Data Flow
Note: Measurements are also enabled
in in other DoDAF2 and FEAF2
definitions
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Generating High Level Views from Low Level
Auto Generation from low level to high
level (ActivityResourceOverlap to
Need Line for example) supports
tracability and drill-down access to
Low Level Resource Flows, their
Resources and their Measurement
Instances
Create Low Level View such as OV-
05b BPMN Operational Activity Model
populated with Sequence/Message
Flows (DoDAF2
ActivityResourceOverlap)
Generate Operational Exchanges and
Need Lines using the DoDAF2
Utilities (Tools > DoDAF2 Utilities)
Refresh the diagram and the
generated Need Lines become visible
Open one of the Need Lines and drill
down through Operational Exchange,
ActivityResourceOverlap and
Resource to see Measurements
Generate OV-03 Operational
Resource Flow Matrix
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Measurement Instance – Technical View
Measurement Instance contains:
One Measurement Set
One Measurement Type restricted based on
selected Measurement Set
One Value Type and One Unit of Measure
(UOM) based on Measurement Type
For “Fixed List” Value Type, Value is
restricted based on selected Measurement
Type
For Value Types Boolean, Date, Numeric
or Text Value Type, the Value is not read
only and is user entered
Technical Changes to version 11.4.3.2
Removed GUID key from Measurement
Instance to support top-down creation
Added Report Value property to
Measurement Instance to support single
property for Report Generator use
Added macro to update Report Value
property including top-down creation and
change to Measurement Instance
Added OV-03 and SV-06 reports based on
this technique

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Measurement Instance Use in Other Frameworks
 Measurement Instance use is preset in DoDAF2 and FEAF2
 To use Measurement Instances in a framework other than DoDAF2 and FEAF2, add the
following to any definition type in the USRPROPS.TXT file:
PROPERTY "Measurement Instances"{ EDIT ListOf "Measurement Instance" …..}
– The property name must be “Measurement Instances” to populate the Report Value property from the
type specific values
– The referenced definition type must be “Measurement Instance” to access the correct definition type and
its supporting definition types.
 Enable Measurement Sets on the advanced page of the System Architect Configuration
dialog
 Use the Report Value property for reports since it will contain each Measurement Instance’s
value regardless of its Value Type
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Measurement Instance Properties
Measurement Relationships
Name
Measurement
Set
Fixed List Value
Measurement
Type
Unit of
Measure
Measurement Value
--Rank
Measurement Type
--Unit Of Measure
--Value Type
Measurement
Set
ONEOF
LISTOF
LISTOF
Value Type
•Date
•Text
•Numeric
•Boolean
•Fixed List
Report
Value
Boolean Value
Numeric Value
Text ValueText Value
Date Value
ONEOF
ONEOF