Ensuring a Model's Quality

The quality of a model will ultimately be reflected in the quality of the system that it represents. Enterprise Architect has been designed to provide a platform for the creation and management of high quality collaborative models. There are a number of features that assist the modeler attain the required level of quality, including facilities such as:

• Metamodel - that can be defined by a user to effectively create a grammar for the model, ensuring that users create 'compliant' modeling sentences; for more information see the Developing Profiles Help topic
• Model Validation - that allows the model to be checked for compliance with the underlying metamodel
• Discussions and Chat - that allow modelers to work collaboratively on a problem or solution
• Reviews - that allow internal or external experts to view and critique models
• Model Patterns - that provide expertly created model Packages to provide a starting point for modeling
• Searches - that assist in finding particular problems in the model

This diagram shows the Model Patterns in action, where novice and experienced modelers alike can, with a single button press, create well formed models and diagrams using a productive corpus of industry best practice models  - all SysML compliant. There is also a detailed explanation and discussion on how to use the pattern, where to get further help and more. For more information see the The Model Wizard Help topic.