The States aspect of the Strategic view addresses the evolution of Capabiliies objects over the time using State Machine objects represented by a State Machine diagram.

 

The state machine diagram enables definition of the behavior of an object in response to internal or external requests it may receive. It indicates each possible object state, and the reaction of the object to a given event when in that state.

The state machine diagram describes the static aspects of an object: the different states it can be in and the possible state tranistions.