IEC SRD 62913-1:2019

Generic smart grid requirements - Part 1: Specific application of the Use Case methodology for defining generic smart grid requirements according to the IEC systems approach

IEC SRD 62913-1:2019 describes a common approach for IEC technical committees to define generic smart grid requirements for further standardization work. It uses as input the Use Case methodology defined as part of the IEC 62559 series, and provides a more detailed methodology for describing Use Cases and extracting requirements from these Use Cases. This is necessary to achieve a consistent and homogeneous description of generic requirements for the different areas which make up the smart grid environment.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 16-May-2019
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• ICS: 29.240 - Power transmission and distribution networks
• Technical Committee: SyC Smart Energy - Smart Energy
• Drafting Committee: WG 6 - SyC Smart Energy/WG 6
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Start Date: 09-Jul-2021
• Completion Date: 29-Aug-2022

Relations

• Revised: IEC SRD 62913-1:2022 - Generic smart grid requirements - Part 1: Specific application of the use case methodology for defining generic smart grid requirements according to the IEC systems approach
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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Part 1: Specific application of the Use Case methodology for defining generic

smart grid requirements according to the IEC systems approach

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 8
3.1 Terms and definitions . 8
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 12
4 Systems approach . 13
4.1 A systems perspective . 13
4.2 Applying the IEC systems approach to smart energy . 14
4.3 Main areas of work. 15
4.4 Breaking down the scope . 16
4.5 Link with some existing conceptual models . 16
5 Specific application of Use Case methodology for defining generic smart grid
requirements . 17
5.1 General . 17
5.2 Why the Use Case methodology is particularly adapted to smart grid . 18
5.2.1 General . 18
5.2.2 Linking the Use Case methodology with existing frameworks . 18
5.2.3 Notion of role . 22
5.3 Applying the Use Case methodology to define generic smart grid
requirements . 23
5.3.1 A business processes driven approach . 23
5.3.2 Generic smart grid requirements . 26
5.4 Proposed working principles for drafting and managing smart energy Use
Cases and requirements . 29
5.4.1 General . 29
5.4.2 Governance policies . 29
5.4.3 The Use Case Manager function . 31
5.4.4 Naming and harmonization of roles and actors . 33
5.5 Approach used to elaborate a consolidated smart grid role model . 33
6 UML profile for modelling smart grid Use Cases . 35
6.1 A formal approach of Use Cases modelling . 35
6.1.1 General . 35
6.1.2 Key principles . 35
6.2 UML driven top-down approach methodology . 36
6.2.1 Formalism and objectives . 36
6.2.2 Modelling language. 36
6.2.3 Scope and information type classification: diagrams and main elements . 37
6.2.4 Key benefits . 38
6.2.5 Types of diagrams and views . 40
6.3 IEC Use Cases UML profile concepts . 42
7 UML modelling diagrams . 44
Annex A (informative) Existing actors lists . 48
Annex B (informative) Content of the Use Case mapped on IEC 62559-2 template . 49
B.1 Description of the use case . 49

B.1.1 Name of use case . 49
B.1.2 Version management . 49
B.1.3 Scope and objectives of use case . 49
B.1.4 Narrative of use case . 49
B.1.5 Key performance indicators (KPI) . 50
B.1.6 Use case conditions. 50
B.1.7 Further information to the use case for classification / mapping . 50
B.1.8 General remarks . 50
B.2 Diagrams of use case . 50
B.3 Technical details . 51
B.3.1 Actors . 51
B.3.2 References . 51
B.4 Step by step analysis of use case . 51
B.4.1 Overview of scenarios . 51
B.4.2 Steps – Scenarios . 52
B.5 Information exchanged . 52
B.6 Requirements (optional) . 52
B.7 Common terms and definitions . 52
B.8 Custom information (optional) . 53
B.9 IEC 62559-2 UML Modelling . 53
Annex C (informative) Example of telecommunication related non-functional
requirement . 55
Annex D (informative) Existing smart grid conceptual models . 56
Bibliography . 58

Figure 1 – The GridWise Architecture Council’s Model (NIST, 2012) . 19
Figure 2 – Simplification of the GWAC model (CEN/CENELEC/ETSI, 2014) . 19
Figure 3 – Smart grid plane domains and hierarchical zones . 20
Figure 4 – The Smart Grid Architecture Model (CEN-CENELEC-ETSI, 2014) . 21
Figure 5 – Interactions between the Use Case methodology and the Smart Grid
Architecture Model (based on CEN-CENELEC-ETSI, 2014) . 22
Figure 6 – Defining smart grid requirements methodology . 23
Figure 7 – Point of view of a domain role . 24
Figure 8 – The first two levels of detail used to capture generic smart grid
requirements . 25
Figure 9 – The levels of detail used to capture generic smart grid requirements. 26
Figure 10 – Generic smart grid functional and non-functional requirements captured in
Use Cases . 28
Figure 11 – Indicative interactions between SyC Smart Energy and smart energy TCs
for drafting Use Cases . 30
Figure 12 – Example of representation of a domain’s role model . 34
Figure 13 – Example of representation of relations between roles . 35
Figure 14 – Four-layer model architecture . 37
Figure 15 – UML Use Case profile for the IEC SRD 62913 series aligned with the
IEC 62559 series . 40
Figure 16 – Use Case overview diagram . 41
Figure 17 – Domain overview diagram . 41

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Figure 18 – BUC-SUC relations diagram . 42
Figure 19 – Mapping between Use Case concepts and architecture concepts . 44
Figure 20 – Domain overview concepts UML model . 45
Figure 21 – Use Case overview concepts UML model . 45
Figure 22 – Scenario overview concepts UML model . 46
Figure 23 – Activity overview concepts UML model . 47
Figure B.1 – Use Case mapping to IEC 62559-2 .
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