CVS – How to set up a CVS repository in an Enterprise Architect model.

Subversion – How to set up a Subversion repository in Enterprise Architect models.

Team Foundation Server – Setting up a Team Foundation Server (TFS) project.

Configure & Connect – Configuring EA and connecting to your Version Control system.

Controlled Packages – Version controlled UML packages in Enterprise Architect.

AccuRev – Built-in support for AccuRev’s version control features using SCC.

Sit back, relax and watch this interesting videos, which should help you getting a better understanding for Enterprise Architects version control.

Than we recommend you to watch this collection of videos, showing you how to “Get started with Enterprise Architect”.

EA Overview – A 10 minute guide, starting from Requirements Management and Business Process Modeling to MDA and Code Engineering.

EA Overview – A 45 minutes walk through the Software Development Lifecycle of Enterprise Architect.

EA 7.5 Overview – More than 60 minutes of full information about Enterprise Architect’s newest build.

Installing EA – A video about the installation of Enterprise Architect and how to start up an example model.

Here we are going on with our EA whitepapers review.

Comprehensive support for UML 2.1
	Support for all 13 UML 2.1 diagrams
	Behavioral diagrams includes: Use Case, Activity, State, Interaction Overview, Sequence and Communication
	Structural diagrams include: Package, Class, Object, Composite, Component and Deployment
	Support for UML 2.0 style Profiles
	See UML 2.0 Tutorial for more information
	See also:
	Use Case Model
	Business Process Model
	Dynamic Models
	Logical Model
	Component and Deployment diagrams
	Custom Extensions
	Collaborations
Intuitive and great looking User Interface
	Extensive range of toolbars, dockable windows and visual styles
	Save and restore custom window layouts
	Modify and customize toolbars and menus
	Create your own accelerators
	“Slide away” style docked windows to maximize screen space and improve work effectiveness
	Comprehensive menuing system for ultimate control of your model
	Quick Linker allows fast, context-sensitive creation of diagram elements and connections.
MDA Transformation support
	Model Driven Architecture support for transforming simple model elements into complex targets
	Fully template driven transformations
	Easy to write and modify transform templates
	Built in transforms for DDL, Java, C#, EJB, XSD
	Forward generate and synchronize your Platform Specific Model from your Platform Independent Model
	Each PIM can support multiple PSMs
Comprehensive and flexible documentation
	Full WYSIWYG template driven RTF generator
	Templates support all EA model elements properties and extended data (such as Tests, Risks, Resources, Changes etc.)
	Templates support headers, footers, table of contents, embedded images, title pages, complex nested tables and more
	Output in rich text format
	Flexible output options with filters and selection criteria
	Save report templates for later re-use
	Word compatible documentation for post-editing and linking in to Word Master Documents
	Additional HTML report generator for creating detailed HTML reports
	Post your model on the internet or on a local intranet using the HTML report generator
	Additional reports including for use case metrics, tests and more
	Rich text Documents can be linked to model elements and edited directly using built-in Rich Text editor
Forward and Reverse Code Engineering
	Fully template driven code generation engine – modify inbuilt templates or write your own from scratch
	Add additional target languages
	Syntax highlighted source code editor with quick “save and synch” capability
	Inbuilt support for C++, Java, C#, VB.Net, Visual Basic, Delphi, PHP, Python and ActionScript
	Support for CORBA also available as free plug-in
Plug-ins to link EA to Visual Studio .NET or Eclipse
	MDG Link adapters available as separate add-ons
	Link to your favorite IDE
	Use EA to navigate, reverse engineer and track complete model – use your IDE for development
	Locate source code for classes, attributes and operations in your IDE directly from EA
	Build and Run your project from EA’s plug-in menu
	View compilation errors in EA
Support for “pluggable technologies” using MDG (Model Driven Generation) Technologies
	Add support for new languages, modeling profiles and more
	Easy to build and maintain
	Single import for complete set of templates, grammars, data types, Profiles, Patterns and more
	Distribute domain specific solutions with ease
	MDG Technology wizard built in to make assembling Technology files easy
Database modeling
	Reverse engineer from many popular DBMS systems, including Oracle 9i and 10g, SQL Server, My SQL, Access, PostgreSQL and others
	Model database tables, columns, keys, foreign keys and complex relationships using UML and inbuilt data modeling Profile
	Forward generate DDL scripts to create target database structures
Ability to Share models in different ways
	Share .EAP files by placing on a shared network drive (small workgroups)
	Use .EAP file replication for complex distributed development
	Support for several different DBMS based repositories, including Oracle 9i and 10g, SQL Server, My SQL, PostGreSQL
	Support for XMI import export to manage distribution and update of frameworks and other package based model structures
	Version control repository support
	Data transfer wizard to allow up- and down- sizing of complete models for maximum flexibility
	Ability to export and Import basic reference data to avoid setting up the same information multiple times
Version Control Support
	Integration with Subversion, CVS and SCC-compliant version control repositories
	Package level versioning
	Excellent support for nested version controlled packages
	Compare utility allows viewing changes in current model to latest file on disk
	All versioned packages stored in standard XMI format for portability and ease of manipulation
	Get All Latest feature plus nested package support allows complex models to be built from single imported package
XML Schema Support
	Built-in profile for XSD to simplify development of XML schemas using UML
	Generate complex XML Schema from UML models
	Transform simple models into XSD models using MDA transformations, then generate XSD to file
	Reverse Engineer XML schema into UML models
	Forward Engineer XML schema from UML models
Compare (diff) Utility
	A comprehensive differencing engine based on comparing current model content to a standard XMI file
	Full support for model element properties, connectors, attributes, methods, extended data (tests, changes, requirements, constraints etc)
	For version controlled packages, instantly compare with latest file on disk
	Compare a package with any XMI file – great for model to model comparisons
	Compare current package to stored Baseline
Baseline support
	Store a snapshot of a current package branch within EA
	Data is stored in compressed format within the current model for ease of reference and portability
	Use the Compare function to compare a Baseline to the current version of a package in the model
	Great for managing change, especially to critical areas such as requirements and use case models
Reverse Engineer binary files from Java and .NET
	Support for importing .JAR files in java
	Import .NET assemblies and more
	.NET import supports both reflection based import and import of files decompiled to IL using the .NET decompiler
	Debug facility allows automatic generation of sequence diagrams from a running application
Requirements Management support
	Custom “Requirements” elements as Profiled UML class
	Support aggregation, composition, nesting and other complex relationships between requirements
	Hierarchy view to show detailed interconnections between elements
	Full traceability support using Hierarchy and Matrix views
	Ability to attach requirements to other model elements and view traceability from requirement right through to deployed components
	Compare utility to manage requirement change
	Baseline support to capture requirements at a “point in time”
	Version control support to help manage the development and change to requirements
Import/Export of Models in XML format
	Support for XMI 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2
	Export complete EA models to XMI
	Standard XML for use by 3rd party tools, such as MDA generators and report writers
	Import from other XMI compliant tools in UML 1.1 or 1.3 format
User Security support
	Built in user security
	Support for groups as well as users
	Many different permissions can be set
	2 basic models:
	- User must “lock” to edit (checkout model)
	- Free editing with ability for user to “lock” elements/packages as required (free model)
Support for Testing
	Unit tests
	Integration tests
	System tests
	Acceptance tests
	Scenarios
	Reporting of details fully supported in RTF document generator
Support for Maintenance
	Change control details
	Maintenance and fault recording
	Track issues and defects
	Reporting of details fully supported in RTF document generator
Support for Project Management
	Detailed support for attaching resources to elements such as Use Cases, components, packages, sub-systems etc.
	Support for detailing Risk items
	Support for detailing effort items attached to a model element
	Support for attaching custom Metric types to any model element
	Reporting of details fully supported in RTF document generator
	Support for Use Case Metrics – allows project resource and time estimation based on given metrics
Support for System status information
	Glossary support for defining key project terms
	System Tasks to track important work items
	System Issues to track model level changes and problems
	Reporting of details fully supported in RTF document generator
Fully featured Automation interface for scripting EA and writing complex plug-ins
	Very detailed automation interface with access to most element features and attached information
	Most properties fully writable from automation client
	Great support for plug-ins with the ability to embed automation client windows in the main diagram view
	Access to major EA functions such as XMI import/export
	Interface accessible from any automation aware client language – such as VB, C#, C++. Delphi etc.
WSDL Engineering Support
	Built-in profile for WSDL to simplify development of Web Services using UML
	Reverse Engineer WSDL documents into UML
	Forward Engineer WSDL from UML
	Transform simple models into XSD models using MDA transformations, then generate XSD to file
Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Support
	Support for generating BPEL 1.1 from BPMN 1.1 models
	BPMN 1.1 Technology and BPEL diagram type
	Specific property dialogs for BPMN 1.1 elements when placed on BPEL diagrams
Business Rules Modeling and Code Generation
	Support for defining Fact and Rule Flow models
	Rule Composer traces executable business logic from Rule Tasks to natural language business rules
	Support for executable code generation from business rules
Systems Engineering
	Advanced Behavioral Modeling and executable Code Generation
	SysML 1.1 and Parametric Model simulation
	Hardware Description Language support for SystemC, VHDL and Verilog
High Performance Collaborative modeling and remote access
	Load on demand using the Lazy Load feature for massive-scale DBMS models
	WAN Optimizer service for enhanced performance over slow or remote network connections to repository
	Lazy Load and WAN Optimizer service combine to reduce load times and improve response times for large-scale, shared models
Plus lots more …
	Traceability reporting
	Excellent search facilities
	Flexible appearance, color and display options
	Spell Checker
	Many different image formats for saving diagrams

Note: Features sets will vary by edition. Please check the feature matrix to ensure a required feature is present in the edition you purchase.

What is the Teched?
The Teched is a 5 day event with Microsoft innovators, third-party experts, and thousands of your IT peers. It is a interesting place to build up your network to renowned technology experts, distinguished speakers, and community influencers. The Teched offers over 600 IT learning opportunities for you!

Our partner company, LieberLieber, showed a presentation about current state of our UML Simulation and Execution at Teched. Take a look at the video at the developers team blog from LieberLieber.

The MDG for TOGAF allows you to implement all phases of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM). You can create visual models of As-Is and To-Be architecture or you can model the four TOGAF domains (Business, Application, Data, Technology). And it is easy to document all TOGAF work products.

Key features of the MDG Technology for TOGAF:

• A visual clickable interface for the TOGAF ADM
• Reference models for Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEAF)
• Detailed model structures to organize TOGAF work products
• UML profiles for FEAF Business, Performance, Service and Technical Reference Models
• Extended diagrams for visualising TOGAF, FEAF and Business Architecture elements
• Out-of-the-box TOGAF 8 Enterprise Continuum model
• Support for OMG?s standard Business Motivation Model (BMM)
• Effective management of model dependencies using Enterprise Architect?s Relationship Matrix and Hierarchy Views
• New support for the TOGAF 9 framework
• New Architecture Content diagram type for TOGAF 9’s Architecture Content Metamodel
• Updated BMM toolbox with detailed support for OMG’s official BMM 1.0 specification
• Expanded Enterprise Continuum with Architecture and Solution elements and ADM toolboxes
• Enhanced impact analysis using new dependency relationships in the ADM toolbox: Business, Information, Workflow, IT and Foundation dependencies

For a full description, other informations and examples of the MDG Technology for TOGAF in EA, please take a look at our TOGAF user-guide.

Download our 30 day trial of MDG for TOGAF to test the application, or purchase and download the fullversion of MDG Technology for TOGAF.

Please get sure you are working with Enterprise Architect 7.5 Professional or Corporate Edition Build 848, becuase this is required by the MDG Technology for TOGAF.

Watch the video: “a guide to TOGAF“

If you are already using our great UML tool, please sign in as a “registered user” in the menue, and download EA newest release.

You want to try EA before you buy EA? No problem. We give you the reason to test our application for 30 days. Here you can the download Enterprise Architect Trial for free. The only limitation is that there is a watermark if you print the documents. By purchasing the full version the watermark will be removed.

Using EA is always a good start,  because this trial version allows you to use  all of the great features, like in the registered versions. And the best thing is that you can use any models, created with the trial version also in the registered version after purchasing it.  All models are fully compatible between the trial and registered version.

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