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Create a process diagram

The goal of this exercise is to use diagram features.

  1. Switch to Authoring perspective.
  2. Open the My DP delivery process that you have been working on.
  3. In the Work Breakdown Structure tab right-click My DP and select Diagrams > Open Activity Diagram. Click OK to create a new diagram. The diagram editor should open, showing the top level activities (phases).
  4. Expand the palette on the right of the diagram view if not already expanded. All elements required to create an activity diagram are available on the palette.
  5. Right-click the diagram workspace and select Add > Phase to add a new phased called "Construction" to the diagram.
  6. Using the Control Flow tool, create links between the phases to show the sequence of the phases.
  7. Switch back to the Work Breakdown Structure view of My DP and notice the new phase. Also notice that the links you added on the diagram are reflected in the Predecessors column.
  8. Close the diagrams that you opened.
  9. In the Work Breakdown Structure, right-click the Requirements activity and click Diagrams > Open Activity Detail Diagram. The Activity Detail Diagram is automatically generated. It shows the following:
    • The roles that perform tasks in the activity
    • The tasks that the roles perform
    • The input and output work products for each task
    You can change the layout of the diagram but you cannot add or remove any elements from the diagram.
  10. Close the diagrams that you opened.
  11. In the Work Breakdown Structure, right-click the Requirements activity and click, Diagrams > Open Work Product Dependency Diagram. The work products used in the activity are automatically added to the diagram. Using the Work Product Dependency tool, add a dependency link between two work products. This indicates that the work product at the arrow end of the link is dependent on the other work product, that is, the other work product needs to be created in order to create the second work product. Click the Work Product Descriptor tool in the palette and add a work product descriptor to the diagram.
  12. Switch back to the delivery process and open the Work Product Usage view. Notice the new work product in the Requirements activity.
  13. After you have edited a diagram, you can choose to include it or exclude it when publishing the process in a configuration. In the Work Breakdown Structure, right-click the Requirements activity and select Diagrams > Publishing Options. Check or clear the types of diagram listed. If a diagram type is not listed, it means that you have not edited that diagram type for the activity yet.
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