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Why Contribute?
Why Contribute? While there are are numerous benefits to contributing to the community's knowledge base, these are some of the benefits which we consider particularly relevant. Promote your unique skills, expertise and thought leadership and gain...
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Theoretical Aspects of Projects Estimation Using the Use Case Points Method
This text is the first one of the series of articles concerning projects’ estimation in Enterprise Architect. In this section, theoretical aspects of function points methods have been presented.
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eBook: Modeling Service Oriented Architectures
Presents a practical approach to modeling Service-Oriented Architecture solutions from concept to code. Topics include: generating web service interfaces from visual models, BPEL engineering and behavioral code generation. This E-book presents a...
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Business Process Modeling with Structured Scenarios
This article (which actually represents the third incarnation of the ICONIX Business Modeling Roadmap), leverages two new capabilities from Sparx Systems, now available in Enterprise Architect. These are the Structured Scenario Editor and the Business...
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Design Driven Testing for ArcGIS Server Development
The attached presentation, from the recent ESRI Developer Summit, presents the design of the hotel mapping application, and discusses bugs that were detected and fixed before product release following the DDT approach. ICONIX has collaborated with...
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Data Modeling - From Conceptual Model to DBMS
Enterprise Architect supports comprehensive functionality for modeling database structures. This paper covers the core features for data modeling over the full lifecycle of an application. The initial development of a system typically involves numerous...
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Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions Introduction The Terms and Conditions spelled out in this Agreement are stipulated between You and Sparx Systems Pty Ltd. (“Sparx”). You are hereby agreeing to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”). These Terms...
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New and Improved Community Site
We are very pleased to welcome you to our new and improved Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Community Site. In addition to making it easier to contribute, search and share material, we have added new functionality for connecting to social media,...
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Track changes in generated documents with EA + SharePoint (or without!)
I wanted to share a tip that I've been using for a while that seems to be a reason some people give for not liking Enterprise Architect (EA) – not being able to track document changes. EA works by generating RTF documents of its content which many...
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Sparx Systems to present at Geospatial World Forum
The Geospatial World Forum, run out of Rotterdam in The Netherlands is a premier international event showcasing the latest geospatial technology and its value to the world economy. Sparx Systems has been invited to speak at this event, because of its...
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"Probably the largest collection of Sparx EA talent ever assembled"
At the end of a dark tunnel, in a quiet corner of industrial London, we gathered at secret location. From the outside, it looked like a set from a 60's spy film. Deserted railway sidings, occasional glimpses of shadowy figures in the distance. But...
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Sparx Systems at Cebit
Sparx Systems is currently exhibiting at CeBIT - the biggest annual IT event in the Asia Pacific region. With an average of over 32,000 visitors over the three days from 28th to 30 May, there is a buzz amongst the 3000 showcased solutions at the...
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CEN/TC 287 Award for Academic Excellence in INSPIRE
Sparx Systems recently attended the INSPIRE Conference in Florence to present the CEN/TC 287 Award for Academic Excellence in INSPIRE for the third year. This year the Award went to Aurete Pereira and Gabriel Luís of Laboratório Nacional de Energia e...
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UPDM 2.0 Modeling
When modeling joint task operations involving different organizational groups you need to have a consistent model approach. The Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM) Version 2.0 provides a framework that incorporates both DoDAF 2.0 and MODAF 1.2...
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See Sparx Systems "Live in Vegas" at the BBC Conference - APG Exhibit
See demos of Sparx System Enterprise Architect by APG at the Building Business Capability (BBC) Conference on November 11-15, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas.
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New ‘Enterprise Architect Scripting Workshop’ from Hippo Software
Hippo Software introduces a new 2-day ‘EA Scripting Workshop’ that teaches delegates how to write scripts to control and update models in Enterprise Architect. Delegates use VBScript to automate repetitive tasks such as updating tagged values, to...
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Gartner's Nexus of Forces
The recent Gartner IT Expo and Symposium on the Gold Coast focussed on the Nexus of Forces, the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social, mobility, cloud and information patterns that are the basis of the technology platform of the future and...
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ODM MDG Technology Whitepaper
This paper introduces ontology development with UML using Enterprise Architect's MDG Technology for ODM. The Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM) was developed by The OMG and covers the Web Ontology Language (OWL) and the Resource Definition Framework...
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CIM User Group Meeting in Australia
The CIM Users Group (CIMug) is a subgroup of the UCA International Users Group, to provide a forum in which users, consultants, and suppliers can cooperate and leverage the IEC CIM international standards to advance interoperability across the utility...
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Order from Chaos - Developing Use Cases
Using the metaphor of a jigsaw puzzle from the previous blog, we inferred the necessity of technology to tame the complexity of a system that is in a state of constant change but which nevertheless must be managed and guided such that it meets key...
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