Quote case study

• Download Enterprise Architect project ver. 16.x

• Requirements ☛
• BPMN Collaboration Diagram ☛
• Collaboration ⤳ Security (Enterprise Architect) ☛
• Collaboration ⤳ Discussing, Locking… (Enterprise Architect) ☛
• Collaboration ⤳ Commenting… (Enterprise Architect) ☛
• Collaboration ⤳ Reviewing (Enterprise Architect) ☛
• Project management ⤳ Calendar (Enterprise Architect) ☛

Un architecte a nécessité de demander 2 devis (“quote” en anglais) auprès de 2 artisans différents. Les devis doivent arriver dans un temps limité. Si les 2 devis ne sont pas arrivés une fois ce temps écoulé, une 3^e demande auprès d'un 3^e artisan est initiée par l'architecte.

L'architecte considère le dossier « bouclé » par, a minima, l'aboutissement des 2 demandes initiales (réception des 2 devis associés). En cas de demande d'un 3^e devis, le processus est réputé terminé par l'obtention des 3 devis. Le 3^e devis ne peut en effet aucunement remplacer l'un ou l'autre des 2 devis initiaux.

Security ☛ is the way users get permissions and/or restrictions against an Enterprise Architect project. Security policy is either “weak” (editing does not require locking) or “strong” (editing requires locking).

• Settings ⇝ Administer -Security- ⇝ Enable Security -Other- ⤳ The Administrator (admin/password)
• Settings ⇝ Groups -Security-
• Settings ⇝ Users -Security-
• Settings ⇝ Administer -Security- ⇝ Require User Lock to Edit -Locking- ⤳ move from “weak” to “strong”
• Settings ⇝ Reference Data -Images- ⤳ Image Manager ⤳ setting avatars of users

Group

User

Exercise

• Set Atchoum and Grincheux default package and diagram as Quote (conversation)
  • Start ⇝ My Package -Personal- ⇝ …
  • Start ⇝ My Diagram -Personal- ⇝ …
• Create at the same time Quote (conversation) BPMN Conversation Diagram as Atchoum and Grincheux users

Discussing

• Start ⇝ Discuss -Collaborate- ⇝ Discuss -Discuss-

The Administrator logged…

Grincheux logged…

Exercise

• Set « temps limité » (timeDuration) to 15 days

Locking ⤳ Atchoum logged…

• -right click- (Quote (conversation) within browser) ⇝ Lock…
• Weak security policy: Quote (conversation) is automatically locked while Atchoum edits diagram. So, Atchoum also refuses changes while he is not editing diagram…

Quote (conversation) is ! (locked) ⤳ Grincheux logged…

Quote (conversation) is ! (unlocked) ⤳ Grincheux logged…

• Settings ⇝ Locks -Security-

Hide root package

• -right click- ⇝ Package Control ⇝ Lock Package… (note that Blanche-Neige may see the Restricted area root package because she does not belong to a group!)

Spell Checking ☛ for natural languages other than English requires Operating System -OS- installation (French spell checker EADict.zip ).

Key action(s)

• Design ⇝ Spelling -Dictionary- ⇝ Spelling Options -Options-

Model Review ☛ is the key functionality for moving a project forward through user collaboration.

Review diagram ⤳ creation

Review ⤳ creation

• Start ⇝ Review -Collaborate- ⇝ Manage Reviews -Review-
• -right click- (Review panel) ⇝ New Review ⤳ create review

Review diagram ⤳ creation, alternative

• -right click- (review within Review panel) ⇝ Add Review Set ⤳ create review diagram
• -right click- (review within diagram) ⇝ Properties… -Properties- ⤳ EAReview panel to (re)-set start and end dates
• -right click- (review within diagram) ⇝ Join Review ⤳ only one at a time

Review ⤳ management

• -drag & drop- elements in review diagram for which review is concerned with, e.g., messaging elements
• -right click- (reviewed element within Discuss & Review ⇝ Review tab) ⇝ Create Approver

Mail

• -right click- (approver within Discuss & Review ⇝ Review tab) ⇝ Send Approval Reminder

Reviewing ⤳ Atchoum logged…

• -right click- (approver within Discuss & Review ⇝ Review tab) ⇝ Status

Exercise

1. Create review on Time-out element with topic: « Garantir que la valeur de l'attribut 'timeDuration' est établie (format ISO 8601). Vérifier aussi que les attributs 'timeCycle' et 'timeDate' sont eux non renseignés. »
2. Set Blanche-Neige as approver of Time-out element
3. Approve as Blanche-Neige ⤳ timeDuration attribute should already be set to P15

Calendar ⤳ Project Calendar

• Start ⇝ Calendar -Collaborate-

Calendar ⤳ Project Tasks

Project Tasks

• Construct ⇝ Issues-Tasks -Project Management- ⇝ Project Tasks -Project-

Personal Tasks

• Start ⇝ My Gantt -Personal-

Exercise

1. Assign Atchoum the introduction of the same value for messageRef attribute of Send quote, Get quote A, Get quote B, and Get quote C
2. Assign Grincheux the introduction of the same value for messageRef attribute of start message event, Request quote A, Request quote B, and Request quote C
3. Enhance Messaging review and set Blanche-Neige as approver of this stuff: 1. et 2.
4. Approve, reject, etc.

Exercise ⤳ Search

Note: searches are not part of project ⤳ export to another project may be required…

Tasks of The Administrator? ⤳ t_tasks

SELECT T.Name AS 'What to do...', T.AssignedTo AS "By who?" FROM t_tasks AS T
WHERE T.AssignedTo = 'The Administrator'

Discussions of Grincheux? ⤳ t_document

SELECT Author, DocType, ElementType, StrContent FROM t_document
WHERE ElementType = 'Post' AND Author LIKE '%Grincheux%'

Discussions of Grincheux about what?

SELECT Discussion.Author, What.Name, Discussion.StrContent FROM t_document AS Discussion
JOIN t_object AS What
ON What.ea_guid = Discussion.ElementID
WHERE Discussion.ElementType = 'Post' AND Discussion.Author LIKE '%Grincheux%'

Container diagrams of reviews? ⤳ t_diagramobjects

SELECT Review.Name AS "Name of review", Review.Status, Container.Name AS "Name of container diagram"
FROM t_object AS Review
JOIN t_diagramobjects AS Place ON Place.Object_ID = Review.Object_ID
JOIN t_diagram AS Container ON Container.Diagram_ID = Place.Diagram_ID
WHERE Review.Stereotype = 'EAReview'

User, group… data ⤳ t_secuser, t_secusergroup…