RESOURCE: EA additional documentation

Sparx's Enterprise Architect (EA) UML Modelling Tool has loads of documentation in the WWW (aside from the local online help documentation that typically is very self-contained and informative). Several task-oriented docs exist and are made available via the WWW web site. Some interesting examples are presented here (direct links for download):

Reference Booklets (PDF List):

• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/resources/booklets/

Getting Started:

• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/downloads/resources/booklets/getting_started_with_enterprise_architect.pdf (Getting Started)
• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/downloads/resources/booklets/using_enterprise_architect.pdf  (Using EA)
• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/bin/EAUserGuide.pdf (User Guide)
• https://www.sparxsystems.com.au/resources/user-guides/basics/tutorial.pdf (Tutorial)

Requirements management with EA:

• https://sparxsystems.com.au/downloads/whitepapers/Requirements_Management_in_Enterprise_Architect.pdf

Data Modelling:

• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/resources/uml_datamodel.html
• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/downloads/whitepapers/Database_Modeling_In_UML.pdf
• https://community.sparxsystems.com/white-papers/669-data-modeling-from-conceptual-model-to-dbms (from Conceptual to Physical)

When and how to use Version Control with EA:

• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/WhitePapers/Version_Control.pdf

UML additional resources: 

• http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/resources/links.html

(Updated: @2016-10-10: Added version control PDF; 2018-03: updated broken links)

BOOK: Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Woolf / Hohpe; 2003)

For successful integration of several information systems and/or data the use of enterprise integration patterns will help for sure:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Integration_Patterns
• http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Integration-Patterns-Designing-Deploying/dp/8131725081/ref=dp_ob_title_bk 

Standards: Terminology Standards (Acronyms and Definitions "for all")

Your company has for sure a Glossary of terms that you should read and know from the start to the very end. Do you?

If not, you can always start learning a little bit more about terminology of the [software] industry (as well as UXD terms and other related disciplines) in these standards and/or googable / purchasable documents:

• ECSS, Glossary of Terms, ECSS-P-001 Issue 1 Rev., 11 June 1997. ECSS-P-001
• ISO, Space systems. Glossary of terms, BS EN 13701:2001, CU, 15 July 2001 BS EN 13701:2001
• CMU/SEI, CMMI for Development, CMU/SEI-2006-TR-008, Version 1.2., August 2006, CMU/SEI-2006-TR-008
• ISO, Quality management systems. Fundamentals and vocabulary, BS EN ISO 9000:2005, October 2005, BS EN ISO 9000:2005

• ECSS, Space Engineering – Software, ECSS-E-40B Draft 1, 15 February 2002. ECSS-E-40B
• NATO, NATO Supplementary Software Quality Assurance Requirements to AQAP 2110, AQAP-2210 NATO, Edition 1 – November 2006, AQAP-150
• NATO, NATO Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development and Production, AQAP-2110 NATO, Edition 3 –November 2009, AQAP-2110
• SynSpace, Software Engineering Glossary, www.synspace.com, N/A

• ISO, Human-centred design processes for interactive systems, 13407:1999, 1st June 1999. ISO13407:1999 (now outdated)
• Morgan Kaufmann, Usability Engineering, Jakob Nielsen, 23rd September 1993. 978-0125184069
• IS/ISO, Quality Management – Customer Satisfaction – Guidelines for Complaints handling in Organizations, ISO 10002 (2004), January 2006, ISO 10002:2004

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