Monthly Archives: February 2008
Operational Activity to Systems Function Traceability Matrix (SV-5)
Product Definition. Operational Activity to Systems Function Traceability Matrix is a specification of the relationships between the set of operational activities applicable to an architecture and the set of system functions applicable to that architecture. Product Purpose. SV-5 depicts the … Continue reading
Systems Functionality Description (SV-4)
Product Definition. The Systems Functionality Description documents system functional hierarchies and system functions, and the system data flows between them. Although there is a correlation between Operational Activity Model (OV-5) or business-process hierarchies and the system functional hierarchy of SV-4, … Continue reading
Systems Communications Description
SV-2 Templates Product Definition. The Systems Communications Description depicts pertinent information about communications systems, communications links, and communications networks. SV-2 documents the kinds of communications media that support the systems and implement their interfaces as described in SV-1. Thus, SV-2 … Continue reading
Logical Data Model
OV-7 Template Product Definition. The Logical Data Model describes the structure of an architecture domain’s system data types and the structural business process rules (defined in the architecture’s Operational View) that govern the system data. It provides a definition of … Continue reading
Operational Event-Trace Description
OV-6c Template Product Definition. The Operational Event- Trace Description provides a time-ordered examination of the information exchanges between participating operational nodes as a result of a particular scenario. Each event-trace diagram should have an accompanying description that defines the particular … Continue reading
Operational Activity Model (OV-5)
OV-5 Template Product Definition. The Operational Activity Model describes the operations that are normally conducted in the course of achieving a mission or a business goal. It describes capabilities, operational activities (or tasks), input and output (I/O) flows between activities, … Continue reading
Huge Leak: Database of 8,700+ stolen cooperate FTP accounts
The stolen credentials belong to companies from around the world and include more than 2500 North American companies, some of which are the world’s top 100 domains, according to security company Finjan. The ISP hosting the db has been notified … Continue reading
Organizational Relationships Chart (OV-4)
Product Definition. The Organizational Relationships Chart illustrates the command structure or relationships (as opposed to relationships with respect to a business process flow) among human roles, organizations, or organization types that are the key pla yers in an architecture. Product … Continue reading
Operational Node Connectivity Description (OV-2)
OV-2 Example Product Definition. The Operational Node Connectivity Description graphically depicts the operational nodes (or organizations) with needlines between those nodes that indicate a need to exchange information. The graphic includes internal operational nodes (internal to the architecture) as well … Continue reading
Malware Alarm
A friend of mine wanted me to do some work on her computer, but when I fired up the computer all I saw was Malware Alarm. The computer was really slow and essentially un-usable. Malware alarm, I noticed, looks a … Continue reading
