White paper Repository
Sparx Systems maintains a repository of internally and externally authored white papers. We provide these white papers in the interests of enhancing your understanding of various aspects and features of modeling with Enterprise Architect.
The views and opinions expressed by independent authors in the following papers are provided for informational purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sparx Systems.
| Featured Articles | Author | Description | Download |
| SOA Business Analysis | Alex Jouravlev | Discusses the Abstraction approach to business analysis in SOA, common challenges in implementing SOA and the role of modeling tools to meet these challenges. | Download |
| Realizing CMMI® using Enterprise Architect and UML for Process Improvement | Jack Hunnicutt and Ramsay Millar | Addresses the approach and resulting benefits of employing UML to integrate work products with Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect to achieve CMMI Maturity Level 2. | Download |
| Aligning IT with the changes using UML and BMM on a Goal-Driven Service Oriented Architecture (GD-SOA) | Birol Berkem | Presents the steps of the Goal-Driven Development Process on a case study using Enterprise Architect, a UML 2 compliant case tool. | External |
| White papers | Author | Description | Download |
| Reviewer's Guide to Enterprise Architect 7.1 | Sparx Systems | Provides a comprehensive overview of the features and capabilities of Sparx Systems’ Enterprise Architect (EA) | Download |
| The Business Process Model | Sparx Systems | An introduction to Business Process Modeling in Enterprise Architect, with BPMN and Eriksson-Penker | Download |
| Applying 4+1 View Architecture with UML 2 | Veer Muchandi | This article presents the approach for 4+1 View Architecture using UML 2 diagrams. | Download |
| UML Tutorial - Part 1 | Sparx Systems | This short tutorial provides a very high level introduction to UML® | Download |
| UML Tutorial - Part 2 | Sparx Systems | This short tutorial provides an overview of how to use UML | Download |
| Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Overview | Sparx Systems | This white paper provides an overview of MDA and MDG and how it is implemented in Enterprise Architect | Download |
| Test Management in Enterprise Architect | Sparx Systems | A detailed guide to the Test Management capabilities of Enterprise Architect. | Download |
| Requirements Management in Enterprise Architect | Sparx Systems | A guide to requirements modeling in Enterprise Architect, including document generation and use case integration. | Download |
| Rich-Text Format Document Generation in EA | Sparx Systems | A guide to generating Rich-Text documentation from your model in Enterprise Architect | Download |
| Pitfalls using UML in RUP - Part 1 | Hans Admiraal | Using Enterprise Architect, the author explains how he has successfully applied the Rational Unified Process (RUP), based on real-world projects. | Download |
| Pitfalls using UML in RUP - Part 2 | Hans Admiraal | Using Enterprise Architect, the author explains how he has successfully applied the Rational Unified Process (RUP), based on real-world projects. | Download |
| Implementing MDA using EA: Mapping MDA Concepts to EA Features | Frank Truyen | This document defines MDA in terms of its major concepts, goal, development and implementation. | Download |
| Implementing MDA using EA: MDA in Practice | Frank Truyen | This document illustrates how Enterprise Architect can be leveraged to implement the MDA approach. | Download |
| Deployment of Enterprise Architect | Sparx Systems | This white paper discusses the different deployment schemes and features for deploying Enterprise Architect | Download |
| Version Control in Enterprise Architect | Sparx Systems | A guide to implementing version control in Enterprise Architect through the use of third-party repositories | Download |
| The Component Model | Sparx Systems | An introduction to the concepts, terminology and icons used in the Component Model | Download |
| The Dynamic Model | Sparx Systems | An introduction to the concepts, terminology and icons used in the Dynamic Model | Download |
| The Logical (Class) Model | Sparx Systems | An introduction to the concepts, terminology and icons used in the Logical Model | Download |
| The Physical Model | Sparx Systems | An introduction to the concepts, terminology and icons used in the Physical Model | Download |
| The Use Case Model | Sparx Systems | An introduction to the concepts, terminology and icons used in the Use Case Model | Download |
| Upgrading EA Projects | Sparx Systems | This short paper details the processes and issues connected with the upgrading of EA Projects to be compatible with new versions of Enterprise Architect | Download |
| Database Modelling in UML | Geoffrey Sparks | An overview and guide to using UML to create a database model, highlighting issues to consider when mapping from the object world to the relational. | Download |
| A SoC design flow based on UML 2.0 and SystemC | S. Bocchio, E. Riccobene, A. Rosti and P. Scandurra | This paper describes a system design framework for SoC that allows to model together the functional application, the hardware architecture and the embedded software using EA and UML. | Download |
