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System Architect, the market leading Enterprise Architecture tool from IBM, now has improved integrations, extra capabilities and a new ArchiMate 2.0 extension, plus much more. Martin Owen from Corso explains.

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What’s  new  in  System  Architect  11.4.2  

Mar=n  Owen  Corso  

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Agenda  •  DoDAF  2.0  enhancements    •  TOGAF  9.0  enhancements    •  Updated  Business  Mo=va=on  Model  (BMM)    •  Improved  OSLC  Workflows  and  Rich  Hovers    •  Improved  Workspace  Merge    •  Analy=cs  improvements    •  Usability  enhancements    •  Installer  consolida=on    •  New  Out-­‐of-­‐Box  Content    •  Integra=on  and  plaWorm  version  updates    •  Availability  of  Ra=onal  System  Architect  in  addi=onal  languages  -­‐-­‐  

Portuguese  (Brazilian)  and  Czech    •  ArchiMate  2.0  updates    

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DoDAF  2.0  enhancements  

•  Addi=onal  viewpoints  •  Box  in  Box  data  centricity  for  implicit  rela=onships  

•  Graphical  Metafiles  for  symbol  depic=ons  •  Further  metamodel  adjustments  

Benefit:  Provides  greater  usability  for  DoDAF  users;  ease  of    use  and  aesthe=cs  

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Addi=onal  Viewpoints  

•  CV-­‐3    •  CV-­‐4    •  PV-­‐1    •  PV-­‐2    •  SV-­‐10b    •  SV-­‐10c    •  AV-­‐2    •  SvcV-­‐5    •  SvcV-­‐6  

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Graphical  Metafiles  for  Depic=ons  

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TOGAF  9.0  enhancements  

•  Addi=onal  representa=onally  consistent  diagrams  

•  All  diagrams  were  previously  explorer  diagrams  

•  Tidying  of  diagrams  available  within  TOGAF  9  

Benefit:  Provides  easier  entry  mechanism  for  TOGAF  users    of  model  content  

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TOGAF  9  Diagram  Types  •  Business  Architecture    •  Business  Footprint    •  Business  Service  Informa=on    •  Event    •  Goal/Objec=ve/Service    •  Data  Dissemina=on    •  Data  En=ty/Data  Component    •  Applica=on  Communica=on    •  Applica=on  and  User  Loca=on    •  PlaWorm  Decomposi=on    •  Sodware  Distribu=on    •  Technical  Architecture  

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Updated  Business  Mo=va=on  Model  

•  Addi=onal  diagram  to  enterprise  direc=on  diagram  

•  Includes  2  new  diagram  types  (representa=onally  consistent)  – BMM  Business  Mo=va=on  – BMM  Hierarchy  

•  Conformant  with  OMG  business  mo=va=on  model  1.1  

Benefit:  Conforms  to  standard  way  of  expressing  business  mo=va=on  

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BMM  -­‐  Configura=on  

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BMM  -­‐  Metamodel  

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BMM  Hierarchy  

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Improved  OSLC  and  Rich  Text  Hovers  

•  Create  links  to  mul=ple  symbols  •  See  history  of  links  •  Show  more  allows  for  expansion  of  detail  

Benefit:  Provides  beeer  in-­‐context  guidance  when  working  across  tools/disciplines  

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Crea=ng  a  link  to  mul=ple  symbols  

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See  history  of  links  

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Expansion  Detail  

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Improved  workspace  merge  

•  Intermediate  workspaces  create  by  merge  are  op=onal  

•  Workspaces  can  be  merged  directly  into  other  source  or  target  workspaces  

Benefit:  Makes  the  process  of  managing  workspaces  much  easier  

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Analy=c  Improvements  

•  Many  more  analy=c  op=ons  are  available  in  heatmap  manager:  – Font  color    – Font  style    – Pen  color    – Pen  style    – Fill  color    – Depic=on  icon  

•  You  also  have  the  op=on  to  select  a  symbol  as  the  result  of  an  analy=c  

Benefit:  Zero  programming  required  for    simplis=c  analy=cs  

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Usability  Improvements  

•  Drag  and  drop  from  various  windows  •  Copy  symbol  styles  •  Symbol  selec=on  •  Line  rou=ng  improvements  •  Property  window  groups  •  Mul=  property  driven  chapters  

Benefit:  Improves  tool  behavior  and  provides  a  consistent    user  interface  that  users  expect  

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Drag  and  Drop  

•  References  window  (tree  and  grid)  •  Search  Results  window  •  Report  Results  window  

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Symbol  Styles  

•  Copy  Styles:  Sets  the  current  styles  from  the  selected  symbol    

•  Apply  Styles:  All  styles  applied    •  Apply  Width:  Only  symbol  width  applied    •  Apply  Height:  Only  symbol  height  applied    •  Apply  Size:  Both  symbol  width  and  height  applied    •  Apply  Fill  Color:  Only  symbol  fill  color  applied    •  Apply  Pen:  Only  pen  style  and  color  applied    •  Apply  Font:  Only  font  style  (including  font  color)  applied  

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Symbol  Selec=on  

•  Provides  mechanisms  for  selec=ng  symbols  especially  in  complex  views  

•  Caters  for  different  diagram  types  and  flows  or  hierarchies  

•  New  toolbar  available  

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Line  Rou=ng  Improvements  

•  Diagrams  can  now  be  set  with  auto  rou=ng  – Off  – Retain  Connec=ons  – Assign  Connec=ons  

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Property  Window  Groups  

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Installer  consolida=on  

Benefit:  Consolidates  System  Architect  op=ons  inside  single    wizard  interface  for  easy  access  

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New  out  of  box  content  

•  JK  Enterprises  (TOGAF  9)  •  Search  and  Rescue  (DoDAF  2)  

Benefit:  Provides  real  out  of  the  box  content  that    demonstrates  how  individual  methods  are  implemented  

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Integra=on  and  plaWorm  updates  Category   Synopsis  

OSLC   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  Clear  Quest  8.0.0.3  

OSLC   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  Requirements  Composer  4.0  

OSLC   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  Team  Concert  4.0  

OSLC   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  DOORS  Web  Access  1.5  

Deployment   Add  support  for  Firefox  10  ESR  

Deployment   Add  support  for  Citrix  XenApp  6.5  

Deployment   Add  support  for  VMware  ESX  5.0  

Deployment   Add  support  for  Oracle/IBM  JRE  1.7  

Repor=ng   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  Publishing  Engine  1.1.2.2  

Repor=ng   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  Insight  1.1  

Ra=onal  System  Architect  Presenta=on  Integra=on   Add  support  for  Microsod  PowerPoint  2010  for  Ra=onal  System  Architect  Presenta=on  Integra=on  

Ra=onal  System  Architect  -­‐  DOORS   Add  support  for  Ra=onal  DOORS  9.4  

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Addi=onal  Language  Support  

Category   Synopsis  

Globaliza=on   Add  Czech  transla=on  

Globaliza=on   Add  Portuguese  (Brazil)  transla=on  

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Corso  ArchiMate  2.0  updates  

•  Method  Wizard  is  now  compa=ble  with  explorer  reports  

•  Archi  import  is  available