Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Cloud-based repository hosting

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1 Enterprise Architect is a full life-cycle repository based modelling tool for requirements management, business and systems modelling, collaborating and sharing information and models. Benefits: Cloud-based Easy access to model from distributed teams Standard HTTP & HTTPS protocols used Simple user setup Virtual Administrator releasing resources to focus on core work - Web publishing - Cloud-based project document management - User administration - License management Sparx Cloud-based Modelling Repository Enterprise Architect 11 HTTP Sparx Cloud-based Reusable Asset Service HTML Web Published Model HTTP Enterprise Architect 11 Site A - Office Site B - Home Cloud Server 1

2 Key team features available when deploying a cloud-based Enterprise Architect 11 repository 1 Cloud-enabled Modelling Repository 2 Reusable Asset Service (RAS) 5 Team Based Modelling 7 Project Documentation Management & Web Publishing 4 Tracking Changes 3 Requirements Management 6 Project Management 1 Cloud-enabled Modelling Repository With a simple connection to the internet the Cloud - you can access and work on projects stored in repositories at remote locations anywhere in the world, or access local repositories from such locations, using the Enterprise Architect installation on your machine. 2 Reusable Asset Service (RAS) The Reusable Asset Service (RAS) provides a simple and convenient mechanism for modellers to distribute or download reusable model structures, information, corporate directives and standards, through a shared repository, accessible via a Cloud Service connection. The RAS gives distributed teams convenient access to a single source of truth for shared data, including project milestones, architectural frameworks and industry standards. 3 Requirements Management The Specification Manager makes it very easy to develop a simple, visual description of your model for initial specification, ongoing development and program management, with immediate access to a range of types of detailed information on any selected element, should you need this detail. Traceability helps you to identify the way a given requirement or process has been implemented in a system, providing facilities to follow the path of dependencies from the initial request, through a modelled solution, to the deployed physical system or process. 2

3 4 Tracking Changes Auditing is a project-level feature that enables you to record model changes in Enterprise Architect. Model administrators can view a range of information regarding changes, including Who changed an element; How many elements they changed; When they changed the data; What the previous values were, and What type of elements they changed. Enterprise Architect provide a facility to baseline or snapshot a model branch in XMI format at a particular point in time, and store it within the model in compressed format. More than one baseline can be stored against a single Enterprise Architect package; using baselines, you can compare packages at the current and earlier stages of development, using the Compare (Diff) utility. 5 Team Based Modelling User Security in Enterprise Architect is a means of blocking the use of model update functions. The intent is not to prevent access to information, but to prevent inadvertent changes to data. Team Review acts as a repository for the review documents generated in the Specification Manager. Element Discussions enable team members to develop a discussion on, or review of, an individual element that is directly associated with the model. Project Administrators can write workflow scripts to manage the way users interact with a model, such as managing security, staff compliance and model access, and monitoring changes made by users. Administrators can also use the scripts to control a user s capacity to change a model element, taking into account factors such as access rights, group membership and even the value of a proposed change. 6 Project Management In developing a model, people (or resources) in a number of roles might perform tasks on model. Project Managers can assign resources to tasks on elements (including Packages) in the model, planning and monitoring the work that they do within the timeframe you have allocated for that work to be completed. Model Mail allows communication within the project under your User Security ID. You can open and respond to these s and create new ones. The Use Case metrics facility in Enterprise Architect provides a starting point for estimating project effort; using this facility you can get a rough measure of the complexity of a system and some indication of the effort required to implement the model. 7 Project Documentation & Web Publishing Enterprise Architect can also provide you with a wealth of data that is crucial to business planning, organizational strategy, decision making and Project Management. The web-publishing capability of Enterprise Architect provide the ability to explore very large models efficiently on-line. An entire model or a single branch of the model can be exported to the web. Summarised data in the form of charts and graphs allow for swift and easy appraisal of model information, which are ideal for including in reports and distributing via the internet. 3

4 Comparative costs of different modelling environments for 10 users R Expensive, even before hosting & administration cost Cost of tools Cost effective Easy to maintain Access from distributed environments Cloud-based hosting & admin 10x Enterprise Architect Licenses 1x Admin License Web Publisher 1x Admin License 10x User Licenses Diagramming tool licenses Cheap option, but there is no central repository to assist with re-use. Enterprise Architect Traditional Enterprise modelling tools Time required to distribute and update models Visual Drawing Tools configured for modelling environment 4

5 Hosting & Administration Services Service All services are quoted per user per year - additional users can be added to the service during the year and will be billed proportionally Lite Standard Advanced Corporate Cloud-based Repository & Reusable Asset Service hosting Cloud-based Repository administration Reusable Asset Service (RAS) administration Weekly web-publishing of cloud-based model Weekly Document Management administration Requirements Management Administration & Reporting (Daily Updates) Option 1: Owning a license 1 year Hosting & Administration this option requires that R R R R users have Enterprise Architect 11 or above Option 2: Buying a license 1 year Hosting & Administration bundled with Sparx R R R R Systems Enterprise Architect 11.1 Corporate License Option 3: Rental 1 year rental option, including Enterprise Architect License & upgrade management and Hosting & R R R R Administration The prices listed is per person per year and exclude VAT. Special discounts of up to 40% are available for environments with more than 10 users. Initial once-off environment setup fee for the cloudrepository environment (per site not per person) R Contact Us Today For more information contact us: Tel: +27 (0) info@csinteractivetraining.com Web site: 5