Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect; the Practicalities is a training course focused on the issues common to all team members and provides a solid practical foundation in the use of this modelling tool.
This is an entry level course designed to provide a knowledge base on the practical use of Enterprise Architect.
Course Details
Duration: 1 Day
Prerequisites: There are no knowledge prerequisites for this training course. Participants will need access to an instance of Enterprise Architect.
Course Outline
- Introduction to Enterprise Architect:
- Describe the main features of Enterprise Architect and its editions
- Describe The concept of repositories in Enterprise Architect;
- Working with repositories
- Structure of repositories
- Provide an overview of version control with Enterprise Architect
- Configuring Enterprise Architect:
- The workspace arrangement of the window views
- The Perspectives that are loaded and hence active
- Global options for;
- Diagrams
- Objects
- Links
Although configuration is somewhat a matter of personal taste, the following are recommendations and best practices which all team members should conform to.
- Working with Enterprise Architect:
- Creating / Opening Projects
- Basic Modelling Activities:
- Creating a repository structure (adding model roots, views and packages)
- Managing settings for the repository
- Adding elements directly to the repository
- Setting the Properties of elements
- Using the Notes Property including spell check and glossary
- Using Linked Documents
- Adding diagrams directly to the repository
- Using the diagram toolbox
- Using the diagram quick link to create relationships between elements
- Using alignment and sizing tools
- Re-using elements on multiple diagrams
- Copying elements that are present on a diagram
- Changing the style of a connector
- Setting the properties of connectors
- Setting the properties of a diagram that affect its appearance
- Setting the properties of a diagram that affect the appearance of elements and connectors on that diagram
- Creating Composite Elements
- Using Rectangle Notation for elements that support it
- Deleting elements from a diagram
- Deleting elements from the model repository
- Using the Relationship Matrix
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