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General Board / Re: Business Modelling

« on: November 28, 2005, 11:19:25 pm »

Never heard about it... Where can I find it? What's your experience?

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General Board / Business Modelling

« on: November 16, 2005, 01:37:15 am »

Hello,

I am interested in Business Process Modelling. I am starting with it and I would like to choose a software. Can somebody tell me, how is the EA in this area in compare with Casewise, QPR, Aris?

I am also looking for some guide how to modell. Is there some on the internet?

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General Board / Re: from objects to classes  and traceability

« on: September 23, 2005, 01:30:50 pm »

>Probably this depends on what you're doing.
>I ususally >start an analysis with objects.
>The following class
>design does usually not directly refer to these objects
>since they are going to be redesigned. This object
>model is looked at as documentation of the current
>state. The following domain model (using classes) will
>show the target system. I think the extra level brings
>more transparency.

This is exactly what i am talking about... by redoing/redesigning I kind of loose automatic traceability... and that is what I would like to avoid...

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General Board / Re: from objects to classes  and traceability

« on: September 23, 2005, 07:11:49 am »

Gary:  Im kind of confused... Unless I am more confused than I think... I thought that analysis came before where I use objects that eventually might land in classes.... so how can i drag/drop a class at this stage?

Thomas:  if I have to set the instance classifier that means I have to do create the class from scratch and then set the instance classifier for the object to the class? this looks like double work....

something I found... is that I can go to tools/options/UML Element Toolbox/Use class elements for analysis and then i would have "classes" when I do the analysis and select my objects... but i am not sure if there is a problem with this approach....

tks...

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General Board / from objects to classes  and traceability

« on: September 22, 2005, 11:28:08 am »

Hi, I am  new to EA and have some probably basic questions but have not been able to find an answer in the forum or documentation.

I have an analysis diagram where I used from the  Analysis toolbar the object item for serveral elements in the diagram.  Then when going to design classes in another diagram I realize there is a class object that is not (i think) exactly the same as an object.

So the first question is what is the difference in EA between an object and a class.  
And then, If I am using the right elements (objects for one diagram an classes for the other) how do I keep traceability between objects and classes.
Or if I am not using the propper objects what is the group recommendation on this matter.

tks.

Ivan

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General Board / Re: different stereotypes in different diagrams

« on: September 23, 2005, 09:03:48 am »

I noticed that this is only available for actors... am i right?

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General Board / different stereotypes in different diagrams

« on: September 22, 2005, 11:34:27 am »

I would like to know if there is any way of having/displaying an element with a different stereotype depending on the diagram it is being used on.
For instance I might one o show a class with its default box shape in a diagram, but  if i am using for example a sequence diagram I would like to see the element as with a boundary stereotypes for easier visual representation in this particular diagram.

tks.

ivan