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MODAF overview
The MOD Architectural Framework (MODAF) is the UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework. This framework has been designed for developing architectures that provide a means to model, understand, analyze and specify Capabilities, Resources, Systems, Systems of Systems (SoS), and Business Processes.
MODAF can be applied across a wide variety of MOD processes including: capability management, acquisition, operational analysis, planning and through-life management.
MODAF has been developed from the US Department of Defense Architectural Framework (DoDAF). MODAF keeps compatibility with the core DoDAF viewpoints in order to facilitate exchange of architectural information with the US, for example in conducting international interoperability analyses. However, MODAF has supplemented DoDAF with two new viewpoints that better support MOD processes and lifecycles. Therefore, MODAF consists of six viewpoints:
•All Views (AV): Provides an overall scope of the architecture.
•Strategic View (StV): Deals with capability management.
•Operational View (OV): Describes the required tasks and activities.
•System View (SV): Deals with systems functionality.
•Technical View (TV): Provides rules and guidelines for the architecture.
•Acquisition View (AcV): Supports programme management.
These viewpoints cover all of the main perspectives and dimension that are required in order to conduct the core MOD processes around acquisition, sustainment and operations. The new elements of MODAF that are not included in DoDAF are the Strategic and Acquisition Viewpoints. These have been added to MODAF in order to better contribute to MOD processes and lifecycles, specifically the analysis of the strategic issues and dependencies across the entire portfolio of military capabilities.
For detailed guidance about MODAF and its implementation, see the official MODAF website:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/InformationManagement/MODAF/
This is a list of the MODAF products and their DoDAF equivalents:
MODAF
DoDAF
AV-1 Overview and Summary Information
AV-1 Overview and Summary Information
AV-2 Integrated Dictionary
AV-2 Integrated Dictionary
StV-1 Enterprise Vision
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StV-2 Capability Taxonomy
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StV-3 Capability Phasing
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StV-4 Capability Dependencies
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StV-5 Capability to Organization Deployment Mapping
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StV-6 Operational Activity to Capability Mapping
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OV-1a High-level Operational Concept Graphic
OV-1b Operational Concept Description
OV-1c Operational Performance Attributes
OV-1 High-Level Operational Concept Graphic
OV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description
OV-2 Operational Resource Flow Description
OV-3 Operational Information Exchange Matrix
OV-3 Operational Resource Flow Matrix
OV-4 Organizational Relationships Chart
OV-4 Organizational Relationships Chart
OV-5 Operational Activity Model
OV-5 Operational Activity Model
OV-6a Operational Rules Model
OV-6a Operational Rules Model
OV-6b Operational State Transition Description
OV-6b Operational State Transition Description
OV-6c Operational Event-Trace Description
OV-6c Operational Event-Trace Description
OV-7 Information Model
OV-7 Logical Data Model
SV-1 Resource Interaction Specification
SV-1 System Interface Description
SV-2a System Port Specification
SV-2b System to System Port Connectivity Description
SV-2c System Connectivity Clusters
SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description
SV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix
SV-3 Systems-Systems Matrix
SV-4 Functionality Description
SV-4 Systems Functionality Description
SV-4B Services Data Flow
SV-4B Services Data Flow
SV-4B Services Decomposition
SV-4B Taxonomic Functional Hierarchy
SV-5 Function to Operational Activity / Service Function Traceability Matrix
SV-5 Operational Activity to Systems Traceability Matrix
SV-6 Systems Data Exchange Matrix
SV-6 Systems Resource Flow Matrix
SV-7 Resource Performance Parameters Matrix
SV-7 System Measures Matrix
SV-8 Capability Configuration Management
SV-8 Systems Evolution Description
SV-9 Technology & Skills Forecast
SV-9 System Technology & Skills Forecast
SV-10a Resource Constraints Specification
SV-10a Systems Rules Model
SV-10b Resource State Transition Description
SV-10b Systems State Transition Description
SV-10c Resource Event-Trace Description
SV-10c Systems Event-Trace Description
SV-11 Physical Schema
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SV-12 Service Provision
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TV-1 Standards Profile
TV-1 Technical Architecture Profile
TV-2 Standards Forecast
TV-2 Standards Technology Forecast
AcV-1 Acquisition Clusters
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AcV-2 Programme Timelines
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SOV-1 Service Taxonomy
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SOV-2 Service Interface Specification
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SOV-3 Capability to Service Mapping
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SOV-4a Service Constraints
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SOV-4b Service State Model
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SOV-4c Service Interaction Specification
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SOV-5 Service Functionality
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See also
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