You can refer to this reference to review standard sets of milestones, their types and status, and other diagram elements, when building your AcV-2 diagrams.
System projects and their milestones
A system project is a plan or scheme for a task that takes place over a period of time. It contains milestones. MODAF specifies a standard set of Milestones, as follows:
▪IG (Initial Gate)
▪MG (Main Gate)
▪IOC (Initial Operational Capability): The first attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, and which is manned and operated by an adequately trained, equipped, and supported military force or unit.
▪FOC (Full Operational Capability): Full capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics, and which is manned and operated by an adequately trained, equipped, and supported military force or unit.
▪IS (In Service)
▪Out of Service
▪Disposal
Milestone types and status
Each milestone of a project tracks the following threads:
▪Equipment
▪Logistics
▪Infrastructure
▪Organization
▪Doctrine
▪Information
▪Personnel
▪Training
You can specify the status of each of these threads for each milestone on the second page of the Introduction tab of the Milestone definition. Each status of a milestone thread is represented on the milestone pie-chart symbol by the following colors:
The following list describes milestone types and status colors:
▪Not Specified: White
▪No Outstanding Issues: Green
▪Manageable Issues: Yellow
▪Critical Issues: Red
▪Not Known: White
▪Not Required: Black
These colors are mandated by the MODAF specification. You can only change these colors by adjusting the metamodel via usrprops.txt.
A system project also has these properties:
▪Pre-First Milestone Colour: Defines the colour of the phase preceding the first milestone.
▪Project Type: Available settings are Programme or Acquisition Project.
Adding a key symbol (or legend) to the diagram
You can select the Key tool from the toolbar and place one on an AcV-2 diagram. The Key symbol provides the Legend describing the color coding used for Milestones and Phases. The Key (or Legend) is automatically based on all milestones in all projects on the diagram. Color codes for Milestone Project Thread Status are specified by the MODAF spec, and can only be changed by altering the metamodel via usrprops.txt.
Timeline
A Timeline symbol is automatically drawn once an AcV-2 diagram has been created. The Timeline indicates the period over which the Project development is shown. The properties that appear in the Timeline symbol do not include default values that are stored in the encyclopedia. If these properties remain blank, then System Architect interprets the values as follows:
▪StartDate: Set to the first day of the current year.
▪EndDate: Set to the first day of the following year.
▪Interval Number: Set to 1
▪Interval Units displayed as: Day, Month, Quarter, Week, and Year. If left blank, it displays as Month.
This lets you create a diagram that always shows the timeline plan for the current year. You can change them at any time.
Programme Dependency line
You can use the Programme Dependency line to indicate the direction of the flow of data as it moves from one point in the system to another.
You can attach a diagram to a Milestone symbol as a child diagram. The 3-dot child-diagram indicator is placed over the name of the Milestone (not in the upper left-hand corner as usual). This difference is because the name of a Milestone is forced to be outside the Milestone pie-chart symbol; it cannot be made to be inside the symbol.