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 you can read some success stories of our customers, using Enterprise Architect.

Department of Motor Vehicles – CSI Systems Redesign Project DMV, April 2009		Download PDF
Royal Navy Command and Control BAE Systems, January 2009		Download PDF
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope LSST Corporation, September 2008		Download PDF
Applying MDA to Air Traffic Control AD4 Consortium, June 2008		Download PDF
Visualizing the St.George Bank enterprise IT model St.George Bank, May 2008		Download PDF
Smart Freight Process Model for Port of Melbourne Red Wahoo and Department of Infrastructure Victoria, May 2008		Download PDF
Developing the GeoSciML interoperability standard Geoscience Australia and CSIRO, November 2007		Download PDF
Developing an Enterprise-wide Architecture Insurance Australia Group, August 2007	Read More…	Download PDF
A Model Driven approach to Business Improvement Canonic Corp and IBS Interprit, April 2007	Read More…	Download PDF
CMMI meets UML iITa, September 2006	Read More…	Download PDF
Hunter Unmanned Vehicle Mike Meakin, September 2004		Download PDF
A project rollout of UML using Enterprise Architect Xpdian, July 2002		Download PDF

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.

Key features:

• Specify DDS Domains, Participants and QoS Policies
• Create heterogeneous DDS applications
• Generate executable RTIDDS code using MDA (Model Driven Architecture) style transformation
• Visualize & trace requirements to DDS entities
• Built-in Discussion Forum: Create posts, access discussions, threads for team communication
• Custom Search Facility: Perform complex detailed searches, view Topic/Domain bindings, application usages

For easier understanding and a quick start into MDG Technology for DDS, please use our DDS user guide, which contains a lot of powerful information about:
- DDS Technology Menue
- Perspectives
- DDS Toolboxes
- Model Validation
- Creating a DDS project
- Generate BSM and code

Download the 30 day trial version of MDG Technology for DDS or purchase the full version of DDS for Enterprise Architect.

Please note that following software is already installed:
- Enterprise Architect Version 7.5 (Build 842 or later) Professional and Corporate Editions only
- Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
- RTI Data Distribution Service – NDDS 4.3 (or higher)

Which demands do you have towards a versioning system? Tell us on behalf of TU Vienna your requirements and be actively involved within 15 minutes in the research area of model versioning.

The Vienna University of Technology has embarked on a new project called AMOR (Adaptable Model Versioning) in cooperation with Johannes Kepler University Linz and SparxSystems, aiming at developing a model versioning system. Considering not only the academic point of view, we would like to ask you for your help to understand the requirements arising from practice. Therefore we have created a questionnaire addressing the users of versioning systems.
Tell us how the versioning process in your institution looks like, which versioning habits exist, and which problems occur in the different phases of the development process! Which requirements do you have concerning the versioning of documents, source code, models, …? We invite you to actively participate in model versioning research.
Find the questionnaire at http://www.modelversioning.org/poll

Enterprise Architect and MDG for SysML allows:

- Specify system requirements with powerful requirements modeling support.
- Design deeply-nested structures of systems and sub-systems using blocks and block diagrams.
- Analyze system-to-system behavior using Interaction Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Statecharts.
- Define system dynamics and enforce correctness with parametric and constraint blocks.

This model environment helps you to specify, design and analyze complex system models:
- possibility to use all 9 SysML 1.1 diagrams
- MDA style transformation
- visualization and tracing requirements to model elements
- built-in discussion forum
- custom search facility to view SysML allocations and generate reports
- support for XMI 2.0, XMI 2.1 and UML 2.x

System requirements for MDG SysML
- Intel® Pentium III 1 GHhz class processor (or better).
- Microsoft® Windows 2000 (SP4 or later), Windows 2000 Server (SP3 or later), Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista (32bit) or Windows 2003 Server.
- RAM – 256 MB (more RAM will improve performance).
- Enterprise Architect Version 6.5 Build 796 (Build 796 or later recommended) Professional and Corporate Editions only.
- 10 MB of available hard-disk space (in addition to Enterprise Architect requirements).
- 1024×768 resolution or greater.

For a Demo of MDG for SysML in Enterprise Architect, please take a look at this video.

SparxSystems Enterprise Architect has around 200.000 end users and it is used in over 130 countries all over the world. The platform is already translated into several languages and adopted by many international standards organization like ISO, IEC, UN/CEFACT. Enterprise Architect perfomances with geographically dispersed teams and also with the needs of single user.

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“The software development industry has always been led by innovation, and that’s true even in today’s challenging economic climate”.
“When choosing the 2009 SD Times 100 winners, we carefully considered each organization’s products and services, reputation with enterprise development managers, and the new ideas and thought leadership that it has brought to the industry.
Thanks to companies like SparxSystems, the art of software development continues to advance at a rapid pace.”

Here you can download a free 30 day trial version of our powerful UML modeling software Enterprise Architect.