Exports and interop
Coming soonGetting a model out of one tool and into another without losing what matters - and knowing what you lose when you do.
- Sparx .qea round-trip
- XMI 2.5.1
- ArchiMate Exchange
- Mermaid in a repo
Tutorials
Learn UML, ArchiMate, BPMN and ER modelling
Learn UML, ArchiMate, BPMN and ER modelling in order, one diagram type at a time - then get the model out of one tool and into another.
Four tracks are written: UML 2.5.1 in full, ArchiMate 4, BPMN 2.0 and ER modelling. Exports and modelling practice are being drafted.
ArchiMate 4
Read nowAll layers, the full element set, and the viewpoint mechanism - from a first layered view to a motivation model that survives review.
- Layers and aspects
- Viewpoints
- Relationship rules
- Nesting and derived relations
UML 2.5.1
Read nowAll fourteen diagram kinds, one article each, every one with real diagrams rather than descriptions of diagrams.
- Class diagrams
- Sequence diagrams
- Component and deployment
- State and activity
ER modelling
Read nowCrow's foot notation, and how an ER model relates to the UML class diagram sitting next to it.
- Crow's foot basics
- Keys and cardinality
- Normalization in practice
- ER to SQL DDL
BPMN 2.0
Read nowThe process notation business and IT are both supposed to read: events, gateways, pools, and the flows between them.
- Events and boundary events
- Gateways and branching
- Pools, lanes and message flow
- Descriptive to executable
Modelling practice
Coming soonThe part no spec covers: how much to model, when to stop, and how to keep a model alive after the project that created it.
- Scoping a model
- Naming conventions
- Reviews that work
- Keeping a model current