Create method content
This tutorial contains a brief summary of key concepts followed
by ten exercises.
In this tutorial you will create or modify content elements that
will be used in subsequent tutorials. For this reason we suggest that you
complete all steps and use the exact names and text strings as described.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this
tutorial you should be able to do the following:
- Create a new method plug-in
- Create a new content package
- Create a new work product
- Create a new role
- Create a new task
- Work with steps
- Create basic guidance
- Add a method plug-in to a method configuration
Time required
The estimated time to complete this
tutorial is about 30 minutes.
Prerequisites
You should make a back up copy
of your library before continuing. In the following exercises
we will make minor changes to the library content which you may not want to
preserve.
Lessons in this module
- Concepts
This page describes the basic concepts that are required to complete
this tutorial.
- Create a method plug-in
The goal of this exercise is to create a new method plug-in.
- Create a content package
The goal of this exercise is to create a method content package
for our new plug-in.
- Create a work product
The goal of this exercise is to create a new work product.
- Create a role
The goal of this exercise is to create a new role in my_plug-in.
- Create a task
The goal of this exercise is to create a new task and then relate
it to the other elements that we created in previous exercises.
- Work with steps
The goal of this exercise is to use the Step Editor, which is part
of the Task Editor.
- Create guidance elements
The goal of this exercise is to create a guidance element.
- Apply guidance
The goal of this exercise is to perform some simple management
tasks, specifically adding and removing guidance.
- Create a standard category
The goal of this exercise is to create a new standard category.
- Add a method plug-in to a configuration
The goal of this exercise is to include the method plug-in created
earlier to a copy of an existing configuration.