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 <h3>Method Content Authoring Overview</h3>
 <p>Method content describes roles, the tasks that they perform, the work products
   that are used and produced by those tasks, and supporting guidance.</p>
 <p><img src="mc.gif"></p>
 <p>The figure above depicts typical sources for method content, as well as how
   the method content is represented in EPF Composer. Many development methods are described
   in publications such as books, articles, training material, standards and regulations,
   and other forms of documentation. These sources usually document methods by
   providing step-by-step explanations for a particular way of achieving a specific
   development goal under general circumstances. Some examples are: transforming
   a requirements document into an analysis model; defining an architectural mechanism
   based on functional and non-functional requirements; creating a project plan
   for a development iteration; defining a quality assurance plan for functional
   requirements; redesigning a business organization based on a new strategic direction,
   and so on.</p>
 <p>EPF Composer takes content such as that described above, and structures it in a specific
   schema of roles, work products, tasks, and guidance. This schema supports the
   organization of large amounts of descriptions for development methods and processes.
   Such method content and processes do not have to be limited to software engineering,
   but can also cover other design and engineering disciplines such as mechanical
   engineering, business transformation, sales cycles, and so on.</p>
 <p> The EPF Composer screen capture in the figure above shows how such method content elements
   are organized in tree browsers on the left. These tree browsers, similar to
   a library, provide different indexes of the available elements for rapid access.
   The screen capture shows on the right an example of a task presentation. This
   task presentation defines the task in terms of steps that need to be performed
   to achieve the task's purpose. You can see that the task has various relationships,
   such as relationships to performing roles as well as work products that serve
   as inputs and outputs to the task. Find out more details on tasks, role, and
   work products in the online help <a href="http://org.eclipse.ui.intro/showHelpTopic?id=/org.eclipse.epf.help.doc/html/methodauthoringoverview.html">here</a>.
   In addition to roles, tasks, and work products, EPF Composer supports the addition of
   guidance elements. Guidance are supplementary free-form documentation such as
   whitepapers, concept descriptions, guidelines, templates, examples, and so on.</p>
 <p>EPF Composer provides various form-based editors to create new method content elements.
   Document your task, roles, work products, and guidance elements using intuitive
   rich-text editors that allow you to copy and paste text from other sources such
   as web pages or documents. Use simple dialogs to establish relationships between
   content elements.</p>
 <p>EPF Composer organizes content in physical content packages that allow you to manage
   your content in configurable units. EPF Composer also allows you to categorize your content
   based on a set of predefined categories (for example, categorize your tasks
   into development disciplines, or your work products into domains) or create
   your own categorization schemes for your content with your own user-defined
   categories that allow you to index content in any way you want.</p>
 <p>For more details on method content authoring see the online help:</p>
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 <ul>
   <li><a href="http://org.eclipse.ui.intro/showHelpTopic?id=/org.eclipse.epf.help.doc/html/methodauthoringoverview.html">Method
       Authoring Overview</a></li>
 </ul>
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	<head>
	<title>Method Content Authoring Overview</title>
	</head>
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	<h3>Method Content Authoring Overview</h3>
	<p>Method content describes roles, the tasks that they perform, the work products
	that are used and produced by those tasks, and supporting guidance.</p>
	<p><img src="mc.gif"></p>
	<p>The figure above depicts typical sources for method content, as well as how
	the method content is represented in EPF Composer. Many development methods are described
	in publications such as books, articles, training material, standards and regulations,
	and other forms of documentation. These sources usually document methods by
	providing step-by-step explanations for a particular way of achieving a specific
	development goal under general circumstances. Some examples are: transforming
	a requirements document into an analysis model; defining an architectural mechanism
	based on functional and non-functional requirements; creating a project plan
	for a development iteration; defining a quality assurance plan for functional
	requirements; redesigning a business organization based on a new strategic direction,
	and so on.</p>
	<p>EPF Composer takes content such as that described above, and structures it in a specific
	schema of roles, work products, tasks, and guidance. This schema supports the
	organization of large amounts of descriptions for development methods and processes.
	Such method content and processes do not have to be limited to software engineering,
	but can also cover other design and engineering disciplines such as mechanical
	engineering, business transformation, sales cycles, and so on.</p>
	<p> The EPF Composer screen capture in the figure above shows how such method content elements
	are organized in tree browsers on the left. These tree browsers, similar to
	a library, provide different indexes of the available elements for rapid access.
	The screen capture shows on the right an example of a task presentation. This
	task presentation defines the task in terms of steps that need to be performed
	to achieve the task's purpose. You can see that the task has various relationships,
	such as relationships to performing roles as well as work products that serve
	as inputs and outputs to the task. Find out more details on tasks, role, and
	work products in the online help <a href="http://org.eclipse.ui.intro/showHelpTopic?id=/org.eclipse.epf.help.doc/html/methodauthoringoverview.html">here</a>.
	In addition to roles, tasks, and work products, EPF Composer supports the addition of
	guidance elements. Guidance are supplementary free-form documentation such as
	whitepapers, concept descriptions, guidelines, templates, examples, and so on.</p>
	<p>EPF Composer provides various form-based editors to create new method content elements.
	Document your task, roles, work products, and guidance elements using intuitive
	rich-text editors that allow you to copy and paste text from other sources such
	as web pages or documents. Use simple dialogs to establish relationships between
	content elements.</p>
	<p>EPF Composer organizes content in physical content packages that allow you to manage
	your content in configurable units. EPF Composer also allows you to categorize your content
	based on a set of predefined categories (for example, categorize your tasks
	into development disciplines, or your work products into domains) or create
	your own categorization schemes for your content with your own user-defined
	categories that allow you to index content in any way you want.</p>
	<p>For more details on method content authoring see the online help:</p>
	<div align="left">
	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://org.eclipse.ui.intro/showHelpTopic?id=/org.eclipse.epf.help.doc/html/methodauthoringoverview.html">Method
	Authoring Overview</a></li>
	</ul>
	</div>
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