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Domain Based Models
Enterprise Architect provides specific modeling tools for a range of specialized model types, as outlined below.
Enterprise Architect also provides an additional set of extended diagrams and a set of inbuilt and extension stereotype elements for more general use, and supports you in developing your own modeling languages.
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Requirements |
Enterprise Architect is one of the few UML tools that integrate Requirements Management with other software development disciplines in the core product, by defining requirements within the model |
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Business Modeling |
Modeling the business process is an essential part of any software development process, enabling the analyst to capture the broad outline and procedures that govern what it is a business does |
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Business Rules |
Business Rule modeling captures the rules that govern a business, and their relationships with the entities and specific tasks within the organization or system |
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BPMN |
The Business Process Modeling Notation is specifically targeted at the business modeling community and has a direct mapping to UML through BPMN Profiles; these profiles enable you to develop BPMN diagrams quickly and simply |
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BPEL |
Business Process Execution Language is an executable language for specifying interactions with Web Services Enterprise Architect uses the BPMN profile as a graphical front-end to capture BPEL Process descriptions |
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SysML |
SysML is a general-purpose graphical modeling language for specifying, analyzing, designing, and verifying complex systems that might include hardware, software, information, personnel, procedures and facilities |
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Data Modeling |
Enterprise Architect provides easy-to-use tools for building and maintaining all of the fundamental data models - Conceptual, Logical and Physical; because Enterprise Architect lets you visualize each type of data model in the same repository, you can easily manage dependencies between each level of abstraction |
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XSD |
Enterprise Architect supports rapid modeling, forward engineering and reverse engineering of W3C XML schemas (XSD), critical for the development of a complete Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) |
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WSDL |
Enterprise Architect enables rapid modeling, forward engineering and reverse engineering of W3C XML Web Service Definition Language (WSDL), critical for the development of a complete Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) |
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SPEM |
The Software and Systems Process Engineering Meta-model (SPEM) is a conceptual framework for modeling, documenting, presenting, managing, interchanging, and enacting development methods and processes SPEM 2.0 focuses on providing the additional information structures that you require for processes modeled with UML 2 Activities or BPMN/BPDM |
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ArchiMate |
ArchiMate is an open-standard enterprise architecture language based on the IEEE 1471 standard, providing a common language for describing the construction and operation of business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT systems and technical infrastructure It enables Enterprise Architects to clearly describe, analyse and visualize the relationships among business domains |
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Data Flow Diagrams |
A data flow diagram (DFD) is a graphical representation of the flow of data through an information system, and can also be used to visualize data processing (structured design) Developing a DFD helps in identifying the transaction data in the data model |
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Entity Relationship Diagrams |
Entity-relationship modeling is an abstract and conceptual database modeling method, used to produce a schema or semantic data model of, for example, a relational database and its requirements, visualized in Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) ERDs in Enterprise Architect assist you in building conceptual data models through to generating Data Definition Language (DDL) for the target DBMS |
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Eriksson-Penker Extensions |
Eriksson-Penker extensions provide a framework for UML business processing model extensions, to which an Enterprise Architect can add stereotypes and properties appropriate to their business In Enterprise Architect, the Eriksson-Penker profile provides, through a set of stereotypes, a unique and powerful means of visualizing and communicating business processes and the necessary flow of information within an organization |
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Group of Four Patterns |
Gang of Four (GoF) Patterns are 23 classic software design patterns providing recurring solutions to common problems in software design Enterprise Architect provides each pattern through an icon in the Diagram Toolbox |
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ICONIX |
The ICONIX Process is a streamlined approach to Use Case driven UML modeling that uses a core subset of UML diagrams and techniques to provide thorough coverage of object-oriented analysis and design Its main activity is robustness analysis, a method for bridging the gap between analysis and design |
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Mind Mapping |
A Mind Map is an image-centered diagram used to represent semantic or other connections between words, ideas, tasks or other items arranged radially around a central key word or idea A Mind Map is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing |
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SoaML |
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architectural paradigm for defining how people, organizations and systems provide and use services to achieve results |
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SOMF |
The service-oriented modeling framework (SOMF) is a service-oriented development life cycle methodology, offering a number of modeling practices and disciplines that contribute to a successful service-oriented life cycle management and modeling |
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Extended Diagrams |
Enterprise Architect provides an additional set of diagram types that extend the core UML diagrams for domain-specific models Also, the specialized modeling tools listed in the first part of this table each have their own specialized diagrams |
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Inbuilt and Extension Stereotypes |
Behavioral and Structural elements can be extended through the use of stereotypes; Enterprise Architect provides a number of inbuilt extensions |
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Build Your Own Modeling Language |
Enterprise Architect enables you to extend the scope both of your modeling and of the UML components you use, through the use of stereotypes, profiles and patterns to develop your own modeling applications |
