C3 — Capability Dependencies

Purpose & Usage

The C3 Viewpoint is concerned with the identification of dependencies between capabilities.

• Capability Management.
• Analysis of dependencies between capabilities and between Capability groups.
• Impact analysis for Capability options, disposal of Capabilities.
• Highlight potential integration requirements and the interactions needed between acquisition projects in order to achieve the overall capability.

Scope

• Shall contain all dependencies between Capabilities relevant for the entity of interest.
• May show the Capabilities Groups that the Capabilities belong to.
• May show dependencies between Capability Groups.
• May show Capability specializations.

Representation

• ‘Nested box’ diagram.
• Class diagram.
• Composite Structure diagram.

Cut-out (Meta-model)

flowchart LR
    CapabilityGroup:::naf
    Capability:::naf
    CapabilityGroup -->|"aggregates"| CapabilityGroup
    CapabilityGroup -->|"depends on"| CapabilityGroup
    CapabilityGroup -->|"aggregates"| Capability
    Capability -->|"is a kind of"| Capability
    Capability -->|"depends on"| Capability
    classDef naf fill:#C5E0B4,stroke:#385723,color:#000

NAFv4 Compliant Example

flowchart TB
    SAR["«Capability» SAR"]:::naf
    MaritimeSAR["«Capability» Maritime SAR"]:::naf
    C2Group["«Capability Group» C2"]:::naf
    SARC2["«Capability» SAR C2"]:::naf
    DistressMonitoring["«Capability» Distress Monitoring Signal"]:::naf
    MaritimeSAR -->|"is a kind of"| SAR
    MaritimeSAR -->|"depends on"| SARC2
    MaritimeSAR -->|"depends on"| DistressMonitoring
    C2Group -->|"aggregates"| SARC2
    classDef naf fill:#C5E0B4,stroke:#385723,color:#000