Above all else one of the most recurring questions Dunstan Thomas Consulting has encountered from clients over the years is "How do we use the Relationship Matrix?"

With that in mind we've got a short clip on how you can start effectively putting the Relationship Matrix into use for yourself...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miiWN5PBuk0&t=30s

Sam Nice
Online Training, Marketing & Product Specialist
Dunstan Thomas Consulting
@DTUML 

NEW: Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Workshops from Dunstan Thomas Consulting

As an alternative to our traditional classroom style training Dunstan Thomas Consulting now offer a series of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect workshops.

These workshops provide all the fundamental practical skills that are necessary in order for you to use Enterprise Architect efficiently and effectively. The emphasis is on the practical rather than the theoretical and we will work with you so that exercises can be tailored to meet your specific modelling requirements.

Available Workshops

Our current offering of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Workshops include:

• Getting started with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect workshop
• MDG workshop for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
• Reporting with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect workshop
• Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect; Database Modelling workshop
• SysML 1.4 with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect workshop
• BPMN 2.0 with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect workshop
• Scripting with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect workshop

All details are available on our website or call our sales team on +44 (0) 23 9282 2254.

Re-Using Elements

In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at how to re-use Elements from your repository in Enterprise Architect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DIs2ROV8fM 

As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!

Managing Connectors

In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at managing your connectors in Enterprise Architect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhTsvUDrgDU

As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!

Creating Composite Elements

In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at creating composite elements in Enterprise Architect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbWwYAc1ijM

As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!

MDG Workshop

Dunstan Thomas Consulting is proud to announce the new one day MDG Workshop!

Overview

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect provides modelling extensions to supplement UML through a technology known as Model Driven Generator or MDG. Tools are provided in Enterprise Architect for experienced users to develop their own MDGs either from scratch or based upon an existing MDG such as ArchiMate, or BPMN. This one day workshop will provide attendees with a practical experience of the tasks required to build a typical MDG.

Agenda

The following topics will be covered:

• What is an MDG, what it can contain and the benefits an MDG can provided to an organization.
• Using the Model Wizard to create an MDG model repository.
• The steps in planning an MDG.
• Tagged values, their typed, use and creation.
• Using the MDG Helpers to create a Profile.
• Using the MDG Helpers to create a customized Toolbox.
• Using the MDG Helpers to create a customized Diagram.
• Generating the MDG.
• Testing the MDG.
• Deploying the MDG.
• Making changes to the MDG and applying those changes to an existing model repository.
• Shapescripts, their use, structure and applicability to an MDG.
• The concept of Quicklink and its application to a customized Diagram.

Full details are available on our website.

Creating a Diagram

In this latest instalment in the series Phil Chudley will be looking at the basics involved in creating a diagram using Enterprise Architect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs98ZjLqCMQ

As always all of our videos are available right now via our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!

Exploring Enterprise Architect through video...part 2

In this second instalment of exploring EA through video Phil is looking at the visual style and workspace configuration options in Enterprise Architect.

https://youtu.be/Bfg_1h4rews

If you can't wait to view all of our videos from this series please visit our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!

Exploring Enterprise Architect through video

I have had the pleasure of working with Phil Chudley over the last 8+ years at Dunstan Thomas Consulting & last year we were working very closely on the online training project. While putting together the various materials that make up our online content we recorded a series of helpful video clips to supplement the materials and we thought we would now share these with the wider EA community.

In these videos Phil Chudley, Principal Consultant & OMG Certified UML Professional at DT Consulting, will be walking us through the Sparx Systems modelling tool, Enterprise Architect.  This series of videos will talk us through the basics from the portals screen right up to some of the more specialised modelling functionality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iZuGbsHPvs  

If you can't wait to view all of our videos from this series please visit our YouTube channel ... and don't forget to subscribe!

New training course from Dunstan Thomas Consulting

Course design by Phil Chudley

Who Should Attend?

This course is suitable to anyone who models ArcGIS Geodatabases and wishes to create both a visual representation of the ArcGIS Geodatabase and an XML ArcGIS workspace file for input to other tools such as ArcCatalog.

What will I learn?

Upon completion of the course you will have learned the following:

• How Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect supports ArcGIS Geodatabase Modelling
• How to configure Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect for ArcGIS Geodatabase Modelling
• How to structure a model repository for efficient ArcGIS Geodatabase Modelling using libraries of re-usable elements
• The practical skills of creating and maintaining ArcGIS Geodatabase Modelling via a worked example
• Productivity tips and tricks when using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
• How to validate an ArcGIS Geodatabase Model
• How to import and export a ArcGIS Geodatabase Modelling via XML
• How to import a ArcGIS Geodatabase Model created in Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect into ArcCatalog

Course Content

• Overview of Enterprise Architect and its support for ArcGIS Geodatabase Modelling
  • Practical – Configuring Enterprise Architect for ArcGIS Geodatabase modelling
• Development of an example:
  • Design;
  • Practical use of Enterprise Architect to create an ArcGIS Geodatabase model
  • Productivity Aids when use Enterprise Architect
  • Capturing ArcGIS data within Enterprise Architect using ArcGIS tagged values
  • Dealing with relationships
• Validation
  • Validating the model using the ArcGIS validation script
• Implementation
  • Exporting the model to ArcGIS Workspace XML
  • Importing to the ArcGIS workspace XML to ArcCatlaog

Pre-requisites

It is assumed that all attendees for this course will be familiar with the ArcGIS Geodatabase Meta-Model. Previous knowledge of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is desirable but not essential.

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