Sparx Systems Award 2022 - Announcement and Presentation

Sparx Systems has enjoyed a long association with Federation University, with many staff having once worked and studied at Federation University. Federation University Australia was formed when the former University of Ballarat and the Gippsland Campus of Monash University were amalgamated.

For more information, please refer to the University website: https://federation.edu.au/

Award Winner

The Student Awards Ceremony was held on Thursday the 8th of September 2022 on behalf of the Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability.
The 2022 Sparx Systems award winner is Zac (Zhi Zao) ONG - pictured below. Zac is a Bachelor of IT (Professional Practice) Student.

The award was presented by Sparx Systems Communications Manager, Mr Scott Hebbard.

Award Recipient Information

Zac (Zhi Zao) ONG was top of the class in ITECH3109 Data Structures and Algorithms, and ITECH3108 Dynamic Web Development. He was a very good scrum master in his capstone project team and was a leader in development and processes, for example he set up very good workflow for the project team using Github and Vercel with continuous integration. His team delivered an excellent outcome to their client. He interned at IBM where he worked an on internal project developing an ‘Executive Dashboard’ for senior management. This involved both the front end and back-end development of the dashboard which is a web-based tool. The dashboard is used by their senior management today to report on quite a large range metrics within the organisation. Zac was highly praised for his work on this dashboard, the data that can be retrieved as well as the user interface that is very clear, clean and professional. 

Enterprise Architect Version 16 has been released!

Version 16 is a major update offering a wide range of new and enhanced features, including a full 64 bit implementation that dramatically expands performance, memory and overall capability.

Resources for this release...

Learn all about the wealth of new capabilities available from the release page: https://sparxsystems.com/ea16

Registered users have immediate access to the EA 16 installer from the registered users area (login required): https://sparxsystems.com/registered/reg_ea_down.html

Watch our Feature Demonstration Videos to see these new features in action.

Official release of Enterprise Architect 16 beta

The beta release of Enterprise Architect 16 is now available for you to download and experience.  

Version 16 expands and transforms major aspects of the tool suite:

• Modeling, Collaborating and Governance - Enhanced Start Page, Grid Style Diagrams, attach small files and images in Chat, auto-refresh Diagrams, auto-reload Diagrams, improved model governance, Formal Reviews and more.
• Enhanced Technologies - Enterprise Architect 64 bit, Code Analyzer, new standard file based repositories, Scriptlets, "native" DBMS connections, expanded JavaScript library and more.
• Tools, Frameworks and User Experience - Quick Access Toolbar, Model Patterns for Systems Engineers, NIEM 5.0, Status tab in Inspector Window, Gantt Chart in Resource Allocation window, new Dark Sapphire UI theme and more.

Review the complete range of enhancements Enterprise Architect 16 via the release page: https://sparxsystems.com/products/ea/16.0/index.html

This webinar will demonstrate how Enterprise Architect can be used to create ArchiMate viewpoints to understand, document and communicate knowledge of the enterprise architecture.

Many organisations are using ArchiMate to model and understand dependencies between people, processes, products, applications, data, hardware and system software. In addition, ArchiMate supports capability maps for strategic planning and motivation models for project justification.

ArchiMate is an industry standard graphical notation for modelling architecture concepts, published by The Open Group and closely aligned with their Architecture Framework TOGAF.

Regisiter Today:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/730865585110208271

In this webinar, you will learn how to use:

• Business layer viewpoints to document your organisational structure, business processes, products and services.
• Application and technology layers to model your organisation’s application landscape and infrastructure (hardware and system software).
• Strategy and motivation elements to perform strategic planning and justify projects.

2021 Sparx Systems Award

The Sparx Systems 2021 award was presented to Michelle Holly.

Sparx Systems likes to encourage Federation University students to achieve world class results. Sparx Systems has a strong association with Federation University with many staff having once worked and studied at Federation University. Michelle completed her first year of the Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional Practice) program in 2020, with outstanding results. The Bachelor of IT (Professional Practice) is a four-year degree, accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS). The innovative degree includes 1600 hours of work integrated learning with IBM in Ballarat, Victoria. Michelle is completing her internship with IBM at Salesforce Consulting Services.

Michelle has already learned about networking, cloud computing, object-oriented programming, SQL, C#, and Java scripting, agile coding, web design, big data and information security. Michelle is from Surabaya, Indonesia, and is studying at the Federation University Mt Helen campus.

The criteria for the award is for a student who has demonstrated significant ability in a particular area of ICT. Michelle has excelled in every aspect of the course Game Development Fundamentals, despite the challenging year of 2020. Her game prototype will be an example of innovation and ambition for future students for years to come. Michelle stated “I found Game Development Fundamentals is the most interesting course in my second semester. This course incorporates both design and high-order thinking to build a 3D game by using Blender, Unity and the C# programming language. My last project was developing a 3D game with a combination of a maze runner and trivia questions. Even though this course seemed hard at first, I found the programming knowledge in lectures, practical learning in lab sessions, and lecturers' support were really helpful. I managed to build my game prototype by designing the 3D objects in Blender and using Unity to collaborate the object's behaviour with C# scripting language.”

Sparx Systems would like to congratulate Michelle for all her hard work and wish her all the best in her future studies.  She was also provided a copy of Enterprise Architect to help her untertake the many software development tasks within her degreee.

Enterrpise Architect 15.2 has been officially released in French.

Version 15.2 d'Enterprise Architect en français est maintenant disponible au téléchargement.

Version 15.2 d'Enterprise Architect en français est maintenant disponible au téléchargement.Sparx Systems est fier d'annoncer la sortie d'Enterprise Architect 15.2 en français. Cette mise à jour remarquable offre des capacités de modélisation de base simplifiées et étendues substantielles. La version 15.2 propose un outil unique pour rassembler les équipes, simuler avec précision et explorer et visualiser votre modèle.
Enterprise Architect 15.2 Résumé des communiqués:Nouvelles façons de travailler ensembleNaviguer dans le modèle et visualiser votre conceptionOutils mathématiques et simulation précisent

En savoir plus et télécharger à la page de sortie de la version 15.2 (sparxsystems.fr/products/ea/15.2/)

Sparx Systems has just announced the release of Enterprise Architect 15.2, via the latest newsletter.

Geoffrey Sparks, Sparx Systems CEO has remarked of Version 15.2,

"After recently passing the 20th year of Enterprise Architect's public life, it is a great pleasure to ship version 15.2. This major new release firmly demonstrates Sparx System's commitment to continual innovation, development and evolution of the Enterprise Architect tool suite and the Pro Cloud Server platform. We look forward to seeing these new tools and capabilities at work, enhancing the modeling and design pipelines of our user base."

Learn more about Enterprise Architect 15.2 via the Release Page

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Capturing and communicating business needs as requirements is a critical task of a Business Analyst.

Requirements Repositories allows capturing those requirements once, then have them available to you and your team for the projects lifetime and beyond. Using Requirements Management tools like Enterprise Architect, the captured business requirements can then be transformed to a formal requirements specification according to the business information needs and views of every relevant stakeholder. Also validating these specifications by tracing from the requirement specification and solution components at every level directly back to the business requirements helps you create the most accurate solutions imaginable. This webinar shows how to use Enterprise Architect for building and managing a requirements repository. You will also learn how to establish requirements traceability in Enterprise Architect thereby documenting the lineage of the requirement to its solutions.

We encourage you to register for the webinar using the link below:

https://sparxsystems.com/resources/webinar/businessanalysis/requirementsmanagement/index.html 

 Sparx Systems is proud to mark the 20th anniversary of Enterprise Architect's commercial release in August 2000.

"Sparx Systems has a long and unbroken history of development, commitment to quality, to value and to highly effective modeling and design based on open standards," remarked Geoffrey Sparks of the milestone. "In an industry that has seen many tools and methodologies come and go, Sparx Enterprise Architect has been firm and resolute in its goals and aspirations and its continuous development of innovative and effective features, capabilities, and tooling. From Day 1, Enterprise Architect was designed to serve the needs of a broad spectrum of modelers, designers, managers, maintainers, and other stakeholders across a truly diverse range of industries. Its success over these last 20 years, in over 160 countries is proof of its value, power, and effectiveness."

Thank you to all our customers and business partners for their support and enthusiasm.