NPV-3 Project type definition (UPDM

• Right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description that is to own the NPV-3 Project Type Definition, point to New, point to Diagram, point to NAF, and then click NPV-3 Project Type Definition.

On an NPV-3 Project Type Definition:

For information about showing compartments on diagram symbols, setting up default view options and adding existing elements to the diagram, see UDPM components and adding elements.

For information about the creation and appearance of elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams (Alias, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements), see Creation and appearance of elements that appear on all product diagrams (UPDM - NAF aliases).

To create an Architectural Description: click the

Architectural Description toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.

To populate elements from an Architectural Description: add the Architectural Description to the diagram, and then populate those elements from the Architectural Description.

To create an Architectural Reference: click the

Architectural Reference toolbar button, click the source Architectural Description, and then click the destination Architectural Description.

To create an Architecture Metadata: click the

Architecture Metadata toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.

Define the text of the Architecture Metadata through its Full Text property.

To apply an Architecture Metadata to an Architectural Description: click the

Note Link toolbar button, click the Architecture Metadata, and then click the Architectural Description to which the Architecture Metadata applies.

To create a Project Milestone: click the

Project Milestone toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.

Create Project Theme elements for the Project Milestone through the

Project Theme toolbar button or Composite Associations.

To create a Project Milestone Role:

• Click the

Composite Association toolbar button, click the owning Project Type, and then click the Project Milestone element that is the type of the Project Milestone Role.

• Click the

Project Milestone Role toolbar button, and then click the owning Project Type. From the Select Type dialog, create or select the Project Milestone element that is the type of the Project Milestone Role.

Note that when you create a Project Milestone Role through the

Project Milestone Role toolbar button, the Project Milestone Role is shown on the owning Project Type only when Attributes are shown through the Project Type element's View Options.

To create a Project Role as a composite association:

• Click the

Composite Association toolbar button, click the owning Project Type, and then click the Project Type element that is the type of the Project Role.

To create a Project Role as an attribute:

• Click the

Project Role toolbar button, and then click the owning Project Type. From the Select Type dialog, create or select the Project Type element that is the type of the Project Role.

Note that when you create a Project Role through the

Project Role toolbar button, the Project Role is shown on the owning Project Type only when Attributes are shown through the Project Type element's View Options.

To create a Project Theme:

• Click the

Composite Association toolbar button, click the owning Project Milestone, and then click the Status Indicators element that is the type of the Project Theme.

• Click the

Project Theme toolbar button, and then click the owning Project Type. From the Select Type dialog, create or select the Status Indicators element that is the type of the Project Theme.

To create a Project Type: click the

Project Type toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.

Create a Project Milestone Role element for the Project Type through the

Project Milestone Role toolbar button or a Composite Association.

To create a Status Indicators element: click the

Status Indicators toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.

Create Status Indicator Literal elements for the Status Indicators element through the

Status Indicator Literal toolbar button.

To create a Status Indicator Literal: click the

Status Indicator Literal toolbar button, and then click the owning Status Indicators element.

The following sections provide information about how an NPV-3 Project Type Definition is used in the model.

In addition to the common UPDM elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams ( Alias, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements):