NAF 4.1-view C7: Performance Criteria

C7 — Performance Criteria

Purpose & Usage

The C7 Viewpoint is concerned with the identification and description of measure categories (Assessment Criteria) and identification of capabilities to which they are applicable.

  • Capability Planning.
  • Capability Management.
  • Setting Capability Assessment Criteria.
  • Military Estimates.
  • Strategic Reviews.
  • Planning Assumptions.

Scope

  • Shall contain the Capabilities characterized by the Assessment Criteria.
  • Shall contain Measures that evaluate Assessment Criteria.
  • May show Effectiveness Criteria specified by Capabilities.
  • May show Effectiveness Criteria that is evaluated by Measures.

Representation

  • Tabular (capabilities on one axis, measure categories on the other).
  • Class diagram with property definitions.

Cut-out (Meta-model)

flowchart LR
    Measure:::measure
    AssessmentCriteria["Assessment Criteria"]:::naf
    EffectivenessCriteria["Effectiveness Criteria"]:::naf
    Capability:::naf
    Measure -->|"evaluates"| AssessmentCriteria
    AssessmentCriteria -->|"characterizes"| Capability
    EffectivenessCriteria -->|"is a kind of"| AssessmentCriteria
    Capability -->|"specifies"| EffectivenessCriteria
    Measure -->|"evaluates"| EffectivenessCriteria
    classDef naf fill:#C5E0B4,stroke:#385723,color:#000
    classDef measure fill:#FFE699,stroke:#806000,color:#000

Notes on the Cut-out

C7 specifies the full range of Assessment Criteria; C5 focuses on Effectiveness Criteria which are a special case of Assessment Criteria.

NAFv4 Compliant Example

flowchart LR
    MaritimeSAR["«Capability» Maritime SAR"]:::naf
    SeaState["«Assessment Criteria» Sea State"]:::naf
    Weather["«Assessment Criteria» Weather Conditions"]:::naf
    Coverage["«Assessment Criteria» Coverage"]:::naf
    TimeToFind["«Effectiveness Criteria» Time to find"]:::naf
    MSeaState["Sea State = 3"]:::measure
    MWeather["Weather Conditions = Storm Force"]:::measure
    MCoverage["Coverage = 500 miles"]:::measure
    SeaState -->|"characterizes"| MaritimeSAR
    Weather -->|"characterizes"| MaritimeSAR
    Coverage -->|"characterizes"| MaritimeSAR
    MaritimeSAR -->|"specifies"| TimeToFind
    MSeaState -->|"evaluates"| SeaState
    MWeather -->|"evaluates"| Weather
    MCoverage -->|"evaluates"| Coverage
    classDef naf fill:#C5E0B4,stroke:#385723,color:#000
    classDef measure fill:#FFE699,stroke:#806000,color:#000