NTV-2 Technical Standards Forecast

Description

The forecast for evolutionary changes in the standards needs to be correlated against the time periods mentioned in the NSV-8 and NSV-9 views.

A Technical Standards Forecast is a detailed description of emerging standards relevant to the systems and business processes covered by the architecture. The forecast should be tailored to focus on areas that are related to the purpose for which a given architecture description is being built, and should identify issues that will affect the architecture.

A NTV-2 complements and expands on the Standards Profile (NTV-1) product and should be used when more than one emerging standard time-period is applicable to the architecture. For standards advice refer to the JSP 602 series of documents.

One of the prime purposes of this Product is to identify critical technology standards, their fragility, and the impact of these standards on the future development and maintainability of the Architecture and its constituent elements.

Implementation

NTV-2 can be represented using a NTV-2 table.

Sample

NTV-2 Technical Standards Forecast

Related views

A NTV-2 delineates the standards that will potentially impact the relevant system elements (from NSV-1, NSV-2, NSV-4, NSV-6, and NOV-7) and relates them to the time periods that are listed in the NSV-8 and NSV-9. A system’s evolution, specified in the NSV-8, may be tied to a future standard listed in the NTV-2. A timed technology forecast from the NSV-9 is related to a NTV-2 standards forecast in the following manner: a certain technology may be dependent on a NTV-2 standard (for example, a standard listed in NTV-2 may not be adopted until a certain technology becomes available).