Create Method Content: Create a Role

The goal of this exercise is to create a new role in My Plug-in.

1. Create a new role inside the My Content Package by right-clicking on the Roles folder and selecting New and then Role.

 



 

2. In the Name field enter "my_user_interface_designer".

 

3. In the Presentation Name field enter "My UI Designer".

 

4. In the Brief Description field type the following

The User-Interface Designer coordinates the design of the user interface. User-Interface Designers are also involved in gathering usability requirements and prototyping candidate user-interface designs to meet those requirements.

 



 

Tip: There are 3 different ways to create the text above for the new role:

 

• By entering it manually in the editor.
• By copying from another similar role and then modifying it in the editor.
• By copying from an HTML source such as this tutorial.

 

Note: Text copied from Microsoft® Word documents contains large amounts of HTML formatting codes which may cause formatting problems when pasted into any of the editor windows. It is safer to copy text from Word into Notepad and save it as text before importing into the rich text editor.

 

5. Try using the rich text editor to edit the Main Description. You can open the rich text editor for any item that has a rich text editor icon next to it:

   The user-interface designer role is not responsible for implementing the user interface. Instead, this role focuses on the design and the "visual shaping" of the user interface by the following:

   • Capturing requirements on the user interface, including usability requirements.
   • Building user-interface prototypes.
   • Involving other stakeholders of the user interface, such as end-users, in usability reviews and use testing sessions.
   • Reviewing and providing the appropriate feedback on the final implementation of the user interface, as created by other developers; that is, designers and implementers.

 



 

6. Click the WorkProducts tab. Make this new role responsible for the my_navmap and my_user_interface_prototype artifacts that you created in a previous exercise.

 

7. Click the Add button. This displays a selection dialog where you can select the Work Products to add.

 

8. Once you have selected the appropriate Work Products click OK. The work products you selected appear in the Responsible for: panel.

   Note that selected elements in an Add/Remove section display both the element name and the path to that element, the Plug-in name, and package name.

 

9. Click the Preview tab to view the newly created role.

 

10. Save your work by closing the editor.