Dependency relationships describe how elements support or are used by other elements. Three types of dependency relationship are distinguished:

• The serving relationship represents a control dependency, denoted by a solid line.
• The access relationship represents a data dependency, denoted by a dashed line.
• The influence relationship is the weakest type of dependency, used to model how motivation elements are influenced by other elements.

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