Task: Create Ports and Interfaces per Subsystem
This task describes the steps involved in creating the ports and interfaces.
Disciplines:
System Engineering Requirements
Relationships
Roles
Primary Performer:
System Architect
Additional Performers:
Inputs
Mandatory:
System Architecture Structure Diagram
System Operation Sequence Diagram
System Use-Case Sequence Diagram
Viewpoints List
Optional:
None
Outputs
System Architecture Structure Diagram
Steps
Create behavioral ports
Review the sequence diagram and identify messages exchanged between lifelines. Define behavioral ports on each structural block for incoming/outgoing messages. For more information, see
Guideline: Service Request Driven Modeling Approach
.
Create interfaces
Logically group messages in Interfaces. For more information, see
Guideline: Service Request Driven Modeling Approach
.
Associate interfaces with ports
Associate interfaces with ports. For more information, see
Guideline: Service Request Driven Modeling Approach
.
Connect ports
Create connectors between the actor blocks and the relevant use-case block ports to support communications defined by the interfaces.
More Information
Guidelines
Service Request Driven Modeling Approach
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