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:

  • System-of-Interest.

  • System-Elements

  • Holons (a system element that is also a system)

  • Associations

  • Generalizations

See ISO 15288:2015 Figure 2.

The typical structure of an SBS is:

System Breakdown Structure based for a Named System-of-Interest based upon Figure 2 from ISO 15288:2015

The System Breakdown Structure typically is included in the Structure Section of a System Description.

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Examples

Examples

Overview of Enterprise as a System of Systems Conceptual Model for System Breakdown Structure

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), Version 0.32, 06-November-2024 (working draft)

PDF: System Description: Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS), Version 0.18, 27-October-2024

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