Pattern of Organization Viewpoint

This viewpoint provides the instructions to create the Pattern of Organization View in a System Description.

The Pattern of Organization identifies the system elements and their relationships.

This establishes the pattern of elements that will create the systemic properties.

The network pattern is the typical pattern used for this view.

This view establishes the names and attributes of each of the system elements and defines the relationships between each of the system elements.

These elements and relationships remain constant across the many options / alternatives or instances of this pattern in a system.

This view helps to establish the identity of the system-of-interest.

The following models help identify the system structure:

• System Breakdown Structure (SBS) Diagrams
• Conceptual Models (Class Diagrams)
• Entity Relationship Diagram
• Network Diagram

These models describe both the horizontal and vertical arrangement of the system elements. These elements may highlight:

• Systems within a System (holons)
• Systems of Systems (constituent systems interacting)

• Identify the models to create for the view
• Create the models
• Validate the models through a review.

• Identify and rules or constraints that must be followed to complete this view

SoI: System (Abstract)

SoI:  Enterprise (SoS)

SoI: Person

SoI: Farm as an Enterprise situated in an Ecosystem See: System Description with Structure Section

UML Reference.

This version of the viewpoint uses terminology for living systems.