Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Operational
view (OV)
The OV is a description of the tasks and activities,
operational elements, and information exchanges
required to accomplish the missions. Missions
include both the core missions (fulilling the core
reason the organization exists) and business
support processes that enable core mission
execution. The OV contains graphical and textual
products that comprise an identiication of the
operational nodes and elements, assigned tasks
and activities, and information lows required
between nodes. It deines the types of
information exchanged, the frequency of
exchange, which tasks and activities are
supported by the information exchanges, and the
nature of information exchanges.
IA
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provides insight into risks from an operational
view (not a systemic, technical view). The OV
looks at the organization, organizational
structure, organizational interactions, people, and
policies driving behavior at the operational level.
OV-1
High-level
operational concept
graphic
High-level graphical and textual description of
operational concept (organization structure,
mission, physical proximity of locations,
communications connectivity, etc.)
Supplement the graphics (perhaps an overlay) with
references to risk. The textual description should
also convey risks and how to address those risks.
OV-2
Operational node
connectivity
description
Operational nodes, functions/services at each
node, internode connectivity, and information
low between nodes
An operational node (department, domain, service,
function [not a system that is detail for later]) has
an interface to communicate with other nodes.
Identify and articulate the risks of the interfaces
and the fact that communication occurs at all,
with connectivity (e.g., other node may be
weakest link) and with the information low
between the nodes.
OV-3
Operational
information
exchange matrix
Information exchanges that support the
operational need; relevant attributes of the
exchange
Identify risks with information exchanges (e.g.,
dependencies on information, information
classiication, and metadata).
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