Physical Domain
The SAF Physical Domain addresses information needs during the Design Definition Process. It takes a view on the physical black and white box aspects of the system.
It supports the representation of the Product Breakdown Structure, the identification of external and internal physical interfaces, the provision of viewpoints for the system overview, the integration planning, production planning, and the features and variations implied in the system. The physical architecture typically is a combination of re-use elements, COTS elements and make-items for HW as well as for SW. The properties of the selected physical components and their provided resources are identified and modeled. A major concern of the SAF Physical Domain are the physical interfaces, their identification and definition. For that purpose, the SAF Physical Domain provides the viewpoints to model interface with different level of detail considering the actual needs for the point of time in the project life cycle. For traceability the SAF Physical Domain defines viewpoints showing the mapping of the functional elements and their interfaces to physical elements and their interfaces.
Table of contents
- Physical Context Definition Viewpoint
- Physical Context Exchange Viewpoint
- Physical Structure Definition Viewpoint
- Physical Internal Exchange Viewpoint
- Physical Interface Definition Viewpoint
- Physical Functional Mapping Viewpoint
- Physical Logical Item Mapping Viewpoint
- Physical Logical Mapping Viewpoint