About This Training Course

This is a Mastering Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect Training Course aimed at recent purchasers of Enterprise Architect or users that want to get more out of their use of this product. The course includes specific exercises on all 13 UML diagram types and a number of EA extension diagram types. For example, Analysis Diagrams, Custom Diagrams and Traceability Diagrams. Many of the more advanced features if EA are covered so that you can evaluate the feature and determine whether to adopt it in your use of EA.

Subjects Covered

This Mastering Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect Training Course covers the following subjects:

Introduction
Tool Features
• User Interface
• Model Templates
• EA Toolbox
• Workspace Toolbars
• View Options
• Window and Menu Options
• Code Editors
• Project Discussion Forum

• Project Roles
• Business Analyst
• Software Architect
• Developer
• Tester

UML Models
• Packages
• Diagrams
• Elements and Connectors
• Relationship Matrix

Review of UML for Business Analyst
• Review of Use Case Diagrams
• Review of Package Diagrams
• Review of Activity Diagrams

UML Modelling Continued
• Requirements Management
• MDG Technologies Overview
• Business Modelling
• Model Validation
• Distributed Models and Replication
• Traceability

Reporting from Models
• Generating RTF Documents
• Virtual Documents
• Generating HTML Reports
• Web Style Templates
• HTML Template Fragments

Review of UML for Designer/Developers
• Review of Class Diagram Concepts
• Review of State Machine Diagram Concepts
• Review of Sequences Diagram Concepts
• Review of Component Diagram Concepts

Profiles and Patterns
• UML Stereotypes and Profiles
• UML Patterns
• XMI Import and Export
• MOF (Meta Object Facility)

Introduction to Code Engineering
• Generating Source Code
• Reverse Engineering
• Behavioural Model Code Generation
• Code Engineering Settings
• Code Templates
• Conventions

Data Modelling
• Data Model Diagrams
• Generating DDL's
• Data Type Conversion
• Importing Database Schema for ODBC

Introduction to MDA Transformations
• MDA Overview and Model Structure
• Transformation Elements
• Transformation Templates

Introduction to the SDK for EA
• MDG Technologies
• Code Template Framework in SDK
• MDG Add-in and Object Model

Some MDG Technologies
• SysML
• -Zachman Framework

Training Course Outcomes

At the end of this Mastering Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect Training Course participants will be able to:

To review UML as it is implemented in EA
• The standard 13 UML diagram types
• A survey of the EA Extension diagram types, including requirements, custom, analysis and data modelling diagrams.

To introduce the following EA features
• Model Structure
• Model Traceability
• Model Report Generation in RFT and HTML
• Model Code Generation

To learn about EA's Add-in Technology Support
• UML Profiles and Patterns
• MDG Technology Support
• MDA Transforms

Prerequisites

Participant should:
• be currently playing, or intending to play a role in the Software Development Lifecycle
• have access to Enterprise Architect version 7.5.845 or above

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