System Breakdown Structure (SBS) Diagram
Description
A System Breakdown Structure (SBS) Diagram is a type of UML Class Diagram.
This model highlights the system elements and systems within a system.
This type of system model is also a conceptual model or ontology and can establish the concepts and their relationships as well as the hierarchy of interaction.
Contents
The System Breakdown Structure consists of the following:
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System-of-Interest.
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System-Elements
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Holons (a system element that is also a system)
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Associations
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Generalizations
See ISO 15288:2015 Figure 2.
The typical structure of an SBS is:
The System Breakdown Structure typically is included in the Structure Section of a System Description.
Languages, Notations, Conventions
Methods - Create, Analysis, Identify
Modelling Techniques
Examples
The System Breakdown Structure typically is included in the Structure Section of a System Description. The Structure Section of the Enterprise as a SoS System Description includes examples of this type of structure. There are also many systems within the Enterprise that also provide examples.
For additional examples of system descriptions containing a structure section with an SBS. See the following
PDF: System Description: System (Abstract),
PDF: System Description: Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS),
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