Visual Development Case UML Profile for SPARX Enterprise Architect (EA)

This Visual Development Case UML Profile for SPARX Enterprise Architect is intended to make creating a development case easier and more of a visual process.


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History of the Profile
This profile was originally created for use with the RUP. It has as artifact elements those that are available with the RUP.

It was created on a project that had plotters and large printing formats available, so size may hinder its usability. The project never used it because it ended abruptly when $$$’s ran out.

I had forgotten about it and ran across it a few weeks ago. My current project is running a proof-of-concept to determine whether or not we want to modify it for the process repository we are building. The one we are building will cause major changes to have to happen to the profile because we are not using the RUP.

As you will see this can also be used for OpenUP and UP as well as any other industry standard SDLC.

The download includes the following files:

• DevCaseProfileDocumentation.zip- This is the profile documentation generated by SPARX EA.
  
• Visual Development Case Readme.doc- How to get started and an overview of the available features.
  
• HelloVisualDevCase.eap- A start up project used to show some of the features in the Visual Development Case Readme.doc
  
• 4 Pattern Files- The 4 patterns contain the swim lane structure for each phase of the RUP
  --Inception (InceptionPhasesPattern.xml)
  --Elaboration (ElaborationPhasesPattern.xml)
  --Construction (ConstructionPhasesPattern.xml)
  --Transition (TransitionPhasesPattern.xml).
  
• DevelopmentCaseProfile.xml- The Visual Development Case UML Profile.
  
• DevCasePhasesSetup.xml- This project import contains all 4 phases (Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition) setup in a project to use as a starting point.
  

We have this available as one of the downloads on this site.