Gantt chart?

[kalpak]

There is provision in EA to allocate resources to tasks. Can I export this data to some software that will generate the Gantt chart for the project? Or will you be adding this feature later?

[Makulik]

Hi,

Yes all the information is available in XMI exports. You can use a (XSLT) transformation to bring it in a format appropriate to your GANTT charting tool.
There's also a (commercial) 3rd party AddIn available for doing that:
http://www.sparxsystems.com/products/3rdparty.html#TimeArchitect

I personally wasn't very satisfied with TimeArchitect, because it uses a slightly different data structure than EA default. EA allows resource allocation on tasks, where TimeArchitect doesn't (didn't at that time I've evaluated it).

WBR
Günther

[kalpak]

Thanks, it seems Circa
http://www.sparxsystems.com/products/3rdparty.html#Circa also does the same.

[Oliver F.]

I personally wasn't very satisfied with TimeArchitect, because it uses a slightly different data structure than EA default. EA allows resource allocation on tasks, where TimeArchitect doesn't (didn't at that time I've evaluated it).

TA indeed does rely on the EA data for resource allocation and efforts. It just enriches them with a UML profile and tagged values.
If you change some assignments in TA and save them they are populated into the EA element information.

Oliver

[Makulik]

Hi Oliver,

Yes, I know that TA relies on the EA resource and allocation data, but it used it's own entry for the resource, when I was testing it.

WBR
Günther

[Oliver F.]

Hi Oliver,

Yes, I know that TA relies on the EA resource and allocation data, but it used it's own entry for the resource, when I was testing it.

Not sure which version you have been testing but all versions I have worked with including the latest syncs with the resource field from the project management view.
Though I'd not deny that in rather early versions this could have been different.

Oliver

[Makulik]

Hi again,

syncs with the resource field from the project management view

There's no such thing like 'the resource field', you can assign multiple (developer or other) resources to an element. TA created it's own resource entry, and synched from that one. It didn't allow to manage multiple resources to be assigned to an element, as far I remember.
It's about 1 year+ ago since I have tested it.

WBR
Günther