C4 — Standard Processes

Purpose & Usage

The C4 Viewpoint is concerned with the identification of processes with the traceability to the Capabilities they support.

• Doctrine Production.
• Operational Analysis.
• Specification of doctrine.
• Tracing Capabilities to Standard Operational Activities.
• Capability audit.
• Concept of Operations.

Scope

• Shall contain Operational Activities relevant for the entity of interest.
• Shall contain the capabilities that Operational Activities support.
• May show Standard Operational Activities that support capabilities.

Representation

• Tabular.
• Tracing Diagram.

Cut-out (Meta-model)

flowchart BT
    Capability:::naf
    OperationalActivity["Operational Activity"]:::activity
    StandardOperationalActivity["Standard Operational Activity"]:::activity
    StandardOperationalActivity -->|"is a kind of"| OperationalActivity
    OperationalActivity -->|"supports"| Capability
    classDef naf fill:#C5E0B4,stroke:#385723,color:#000
    classDef activity fill:#9DC3E6,stroke:#1F4E79,color:#000

Notes on the Cut-out

Standard Operational Activities are Operational Activities that are specified by doctrine.

NAFv4 Compliant Example

flowchart BT
    SARC2["«Capability» SAR C2"]:::naf
    Assistance["«Capability» Assistance"]:::naf
    MonitorHealth["«Standard Operational Activity» Monitor Health"]:::activity
    LocatePatient["«Operational Activity» Locate Patient"]:::activity
    MonitorHealth -->|"supports"| SARC2
    MonitorHealth -->|"supports"| Assistance
    LocatePatient -->|"supports"| Assistance
    classDef naf fill:#C5E0B4,stroke:#385723,color:#000
    classDef activity fill:#9DC3E6,stroke:#1F4E79,color:#000