Tool Mentor:
Publishing a Process Using Rational Process Workbench
Purpose
This tool mentor describes how to publish processes that have been specified
in a process model using Rational Process Workbench (RPW).
This tool mentor relates to the Rational Unified Process (RUP) information:
Toolkit: Preparing for Publication.
Overview
Publishing your process Web site is the final step in making your customized process available for
your software development organization. Publishing creates a complete process
Web site, similar to the RUP Web site itself, but tailored according to
your specifications.
A Process Content Library (PCL) can be translated into
different languages and retain consistency with its process model. In other
words, two or more translated versions of a PCL can exist for the same process model.
RPW supports
associating the process model to one of its PCL variants and
generating its Web site in that language.
Tool Steps
Publish your process by following these steps:
- Assess the closure of your process
- Publish a Web site
- Use
custom-designed graphics in your Web site
The closure of a process must be complete and correct
before it can be published. A process closure is deemed complete if all expected
process elements are represented inside of the closure, and it's deemed correct
if there is no conflict between any two process elements in the closure.
This criterion serves the purpose of preventing attempts to
publish nonfunctional Web sites. It also supports early detection of ill-defined
processes during process development.
RPW provides a function to determine whether a process is correct and
complete, giving you instant feedback and guidance to locate violating
process elements.
Refer
to the topic titled Assessing the closure of your process in RPW online Help for detailed
information.
Publishing a process Web site is the final step in creating a
customized process for your organization. A published Web site is a fully
functional RUP Web site.
RPW gives you options, such as whether you want to represent certain
information in graphical or tabular format. This helps you work effectively
during process development and allows you to tailor the end result.
Refer
to the topic titled Publishing a Process Web site in RPW online Help for detailed
information.
Some information in a process model is specified using
graphical notation; for example, the activity diagrams that specify the
collaborations of the Disciplines and workflow details. RPW exports these diagrams “as-modeled” (that is, the diagram you create in the
Rational Rose modeling space is the diagram that will appear in the Web site), inserts them in their place in the
published Web site, and makes them navigable.
In this way, RPW creates functional diagrams, albeit less appealing
from an artistic perspective. Therefore, RPW provides
a means for inserting your own graphics that will be used in lieu of those
graphics it generates. It also provides a function that notifies you when an
inserted graphical image is out of sync with the process model, so you can
always maintain your graphics in synchronization with your process model.
Refer
to the topic titled Using custom-designed graphics on your Web site in
RPW online Help for detailed
information.
For More Information
For detailed information on
this procedure, see Chapter 5, under the heading "Publishing a process" in
the Developing Process Using Rational Process Workbench manual.
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