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White papers provide in-depth technical discussion and best practice guidance on a wide range of modeling topics. The information presented by industry experts from the user community will help you learn new approaches to modeling and solving real-world problems using Enterprise Architect.
Enterprise Architect’s Database Builder provides interactive connectivity to a DBMS, supporting both the initial creation of a database and the ongoing update of tables, views, triggers and procedures – all from within the design model. This tutorial paper works through a simple database example (attached in .ZIP file) using the Database Builder to create tables within a new Database, then make modifications in both the model and the Database and use the compare functionality to update the Database and the model respectively.
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Friday, 16 October 2015 11:52
Migrating COOL:Teamwork models into a modern CASE tool
Written by colin.coates
A UML/MOF METAMODEL FOR HATLEY-PIRBHAI SYSTEM SPECIFICATION An UnCOOL situation Figure 1: Uncool TeamWork, was a structured engineering tool for requirements documentation and systems design of real-time and embedded software. Sterling Software acquired TeamWork from Cayenne Software way back in October 1998, and subsequently re-named it to COOL:Teamwork. The tool provided (partial) support for building software models as described in the book Strategies for Real-Time System Specification by Derek J. Hatley and Imtiaz A. Pirbhai, ISBN 0-932633-11-0. COOL:Teamwork was used at a number of (public limited) companies, to model products targeted for the aeronautical and military (and maybe other) domains.…
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Saturday, 22 August 2015 14:55
Documenting software architecture in Enterprise Architect
Written by Maciej Jazwinski
Designing architecture Designing solution architecture is about making best possible choices in context of current requirements and constraints. Behind every architecture decision there is some context and every architect should document the reasons of important decisions that are made. This article will focus on how to document architectural decisions in the context of project requirements in Sparx Enterprise Architect. Value of architecture documentation As an architect one needs to document important issues, possible solutions and reasons for choosing one of the solutions. There are various reasons to document decisions in projects lifecycle: Reasoning that stood behind a choice will blur…
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Since 2008 Sparx Systems has been supporting international communities to improve how spatial data is held by public authorities to support environmental policy. Enterprise Architect has been used to improve the harmonization of spatial data and facilitate the interoperability of spatial services, ensuring greater sharing of the data between public authorities and on-line access by the public. INSPIRE was founded on the basis of five issues that were identified as presenting obstacles to this objective: missing or incomplete spatial data, incomplete descriptions of spatial data, difficulty to combine different spatial data sets, inaccessibility of spatial data and various barriers to…
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Cover Story Sparx Systems CEO & Founder, Geoffrey Sparks is featured on the Cover of the March Edition of the CIO Review. Learn more about Sparx Systems and how to master enterprise processes using Enterprise Architect. Sparx Systems’ inclusion in the CIO Review BPM Technology Special is based on its capability to provide technology solutions to streamline operations in a faster, less resource-intensive manner, while keeping costs under control. At the front of stage in this recognition is the Sparx Systems flagship product, Enterprise Architect, an integrated modeling, design and construction platform that is redefining business process modeling. The Enterprise…
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Tuesday, 21 April 2015 06:05
Standards, Digital Disruption and Business Success
Written by sparxsystems
Any business can benefit, from the solid foundation that standardization brings. The development of new technologies and opportunities, to share and enhance existing practices, are just two of the many benefits, to be derived. Furthermore the economies introduced by standardization dramatically reduce tooling and process duplication while increasing the competency of the work force while the efficiency and effectiveness of standards can ultimately save lives.However, for enduring economic health and prosperity, the adoption of standards that support interoperability between business partners, is essential. In recent history there has never been a period of standards development like that which we are…
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Enterprise Architect User Group Sparx Systems hosted the 2015 Canberra Enterprise Architect User Group in April 2015. The User Group included a number of presentations from partners located across Australia, Asia and the US. Figure 1: Critical Success Factors for EA CC & C Solutions presented an outline of their company and discussed how Enterprise Architect helps to address Enterprise Challenges. Vish Viswanathan presented the Critical Success Factors for Enterprise Architecture which included the TOGAF Framework, People and Enterprise Architect by Sparx Systems. He went on to discuss the key benefits of Enterprise Architect and outlined their engagement process. Figure…
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Monday, 20 April 2015 04:45
Enterprise Architect User Group Canberra 2015: NIEM
Written by sparxsystems
Enterprise Architect User Group Sparx Systems hosted the 2015 Canberra Enterprise Architect User Group in April 2015. The User Group included a number of presentations from partners located across Australia, Asia and the US. Chris Armstrong from the Armstrong Process Group presented on the National Information Exchange Model. His presentation also included a live demonstration that helped show how easy it is to build a schema using Enterprise Architect 12. APG's mission is to "Align information technology and systems engineering capabilities with business strategy using proven, practical processes delivering world-class results.”
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Monday, 20 April 2015 04:25
Enterprise Architect User Group Canberra 2015: Omnilink Presentation
Written by sparxsystems
Enterprise Architect User Group Sparx Systems hosted the 2015 Canberra Enterprise Architect User Group in April 2015. The User Group included a number of presentations from partners located across Australia, Asia and the US. This White paper includes an overview of AssetWhere and how Enterprise Architect was instrumental in reverse engineering the RDBMS Data Models, helping to save time, improving communication and producing meaningful documentation.
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Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is designed for use within large corporate environments. As a scalable modeling platform, Enterprise Architect provides a range of deployment options to accommodate the variety of modern enterprises. This whitepaper discusses the options available for enterprise-wide sharing of model information. Typical organizational structures discussed include a single site, a single site with multiple projects and multiple sites connected via a Cloud service.
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Monday, 15 September 2014 07:13
UML Profile for Developing Airworthiness- Compliant (RTCA DO-178B) Software
Written by Peter Lieber
DO-178B is the current standard in aviation industry for safety critical systems - also known as: "Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification". Find attached the White Paper including links to the UML Profile and a DO-178B glossary.
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Thursday, 09 June 2016 05:45
Requirements Management with Enterprise Architect
Written by sparxsystems
Updated 9th June, 2016: Covering all new features available in Enterprise Architect 12.1 Enterprise Architect integrates Requirements Management with other software development disciplines, by creating requirements directly in the model. Requirements Management is built into the core product, solving many of the issues of traceability, interdisciplinary team divisions, integration with change and configuration management systems. Read the following whitepaper for more information:
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Wednesday, 09 July 2014 23:38
Growing Business Agility to Create Competitive Advantage - Digital Transformation
Written by sparxsystems
In an earlier Sparx Systems White Paper the scenario of a jigsaw puzzle was used as a metaphor for agile, flexible and collaborative response to the creation of a shared vision within an environment that is in a state of high flux. The process of digital transformation will increase the probability of technology failure and change to complex systems will heighten risk exposure. It is essential that organisations mitigate these threats by deploying tools to support the creation of enterprise wide, agile responses. This paper discusses the inter relationship between managing digital transformation, collaborative agile tools and approaches and provides…
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Collaboration is becoming a new enterprise standard. In the face of the disruptive challenges pending from the Nexus of Forces, successful transition to the maximum utilisation of strategic information technology is a priority for many organisations. Collaboration enables the enterprise to leverage the strengths of all its parts to increase the chances of success while reducing or eliminating process overlap and resource redundancy. Shared awareness of issues through collaboration encourages trust and builds confidence in individual group members and synergises the collective response to problem resolution. Responding effectively to the challenge of the Nexus of Forces is beyond the capacity…
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