Description
The OV-6c provides a time-ordered examination of the Resource Flows as a result of a particular scenario. Each event-trace diagram should have an accompanying description that defines the particular scenario or situation.
Operational Event/Trace Descriptions, sometimes called sequence diagrams, event scenarios, or timing diagrams, allow the tracing of actions in a scenario or critical sequence of events. The OV-6c can be used by itself or in conjunction with an OV-6b State Transition Description to describe the dynamic behavior of activities.
The intended usage of the OV-6c includes:
- Analysis of operational events.
- Behavioral analysis.
- Identification of non-functional user requirements.
- Operational test scenarios.
Implementation
OV-6c can be represented using a UML Sequence diagram.
The information content of messages in an OV-6c may be related with the Resource Flows in the OV-3 Operational Resource Flow Matrix and OV-5b Operational Activity Model and information entities in the DIV-2 Logical Data Model.
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