Tutorial: Create Reusable Method Content

Exercise: Extend a Task

The goal of this exercise is to extend a base method content associated with a Task by using extends variability.

  1. Create a new Task in the Extends Test content package called "my_extends_design_user_interface" with the presentation name "Extends Design User Interface".

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  2. In the Variability Type, select extends and choose the base task design_user_interface.

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  3. Add a Brief Description: Extends Task Brief Description.

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  4. Add Steps: Extend Step 1, Extend Step 2

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  5. Add the Role created in Exercise 4, my_extends_ui_designer, as Primary Performer.

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  6. Add the Work Product created in Exercise 5, my_extends_rup_navmap, as an Output.

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  7. Add Guidance (choose any guidance)

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  8. Add the Task to the appropriate Standard Category: rup_analysis_design_discipline.

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  9. Save and then switch to the Browsing perspective.

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  10. In the Configuration View select the Extends Design User Interface task under the Disciplines folder in the Analysis & Design discipline. You will see in the HTML page that method content and relationships have been inherited from the base task and extended by the plug-in extending content and relationships. Note that the extended task remains unchanged.

 

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