NSV-3 Resource interaction matrix (UPDM

• From an Architectural Description or Service Description: right-click the element, point to New, point to Matrix/Table, point to NAF, and then click NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix.

On the Set the Matrix Type dialog, select the Matrix Type you want to create, either Command, Control or Resource Interaction:

◦ Select Command, to show the source and target elements for Command elements.

◦ Select Control, to show the source and target elements for Control elements.

◦ Select Resource Interaction, to show the source and target elements for Resource Interaction elements.

When you open an NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix, Modeler can generate it as HTML for viewing in your Internet browser, or generate it as a spreadsheet for viewing in Microsoft Excel. To specify how matrices and tables are opened for a model: in the Packages pane, right-click the Model, point to Options, click Matrix/Table Generation Format, and then select HyperTextMarkupLanguage_HTML or Excel_XLS.

Each time you open an NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix, Modeler generates the product using the latest data from the model.

To change the type of an NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix: right-click the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix, point to Set, and then click Matrix Type.

On an NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix:

• View the source and target elements of either Command, Control or Resource Interaction elements.

An NSV-3 Function to Operational Activity/Service Function Traceability Matrix shows the following elements:

• A row is created for each source element of a Command, Control or Resource Interaction (as set for the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix) that is found in the analyzed Packages.

In addition, when a target element of a Command, Control or Resource Interaction is found in the analyzed Packages, a row is created for each element that is a source element of that target element.

• A column is created for each target element of a Command, Control or Resource Interaction (as set for the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix) that is found in the analyzed Packages.

In addition, when a source element of a Command, Control or Resource Interaction is found in the analyzed Packages, a row is created for each element that is a target element of that source element.

The source and target elements can be as follows:

• For a Command, the source and destination elements can be Organization, Post and Responsibility elements.

• For a Control, the source element can be an Organization, Post or Responsibility, and the target element can be a Resource Artifact or Software.

By default, the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix searches for elements that are source or destination elements of Command, Control or Resource Interaction elements (as set for the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix) and are contained within the Architectural Description or Service Description that owns the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix.

To search for elements from other Architectural Description and Service Description packages: right-click the NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix, point to Links, and then click Analyzed Packages. On the Links Editor dialog, select the Architectural Description and Service Description packages from which you want to search for elements.

In this example, Architectural Description1 owns NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix1, Responsibility1 and Software1.

NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix1 is set up to show Resource Interaction relationships.

On an NSV-1 Resource Specification, we link Responsibility1 to Software1 through a Resource Interaction relationship.

When generated, NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix1 appears as follows.

From the matrix you can see that there is an interaction that is received from Responsibility1 and sent to Software1

The following sections provide information about how an NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix is used in the model.