PV-3 Project to Capability Mapping describes the mapping of programs and projects to capabilities to show how the specific projects and program elements help to achieve a capability. 

The rows of this matrix are Actual Projects and the columns are Capabilities.


To create a PV-3 matrix


  1. Specify Row Scope (Actual Projects).
  2. Specify Column Scope (Capabilities).
  3. Click Refresh.


Actual Project maps to Capability through several transitive relationships which are displayed in the Matrix. 

By default, the traceability is shown according to the following criteria:

You may hide some mapping rules from a Matrix by changing the Dependency criteria in the Specification window.