Create Method Content: Create a Standard Category

The goal of this exercise is to create a new standard category. In practice this will not be done very often because standard categories tend to be relatively stable. Also, if you are creating a plug-in that extends an existing method, you should attempt to use the standard categories before creating new ones.

Standard categories provide a means to categorize core method content in line with best practices for creating structured methods. In order to encourage good method structure we provide standard categories for grouping tasks into disciplines, work products into domains, roles into role sets, and tool-mentors into tools. Unlike custom categories, standard categories by definition are linked to a specific type of method content.

Examples include role sets with roles, disciplines with tasks, and domains with work products.

1. Locate the Role Set folder under Standard Cateories in My Plug-in.

 

2. Right-click on Role Sets then select New then select Role Set.

 



 

3. Create a new Role Set named "my_design" with a presentation name of "My Design".

 



 

4. Add the role my_user_interface_designer to the my_design Role Set. There are two ways you can do this:

 

• In the Standard Category editor for my_design, open the Roles tab, and add the role to the roleset.

 



 

• In the Role editor for my_user_interface_designer, open the Categories tab and add the my_design category as a Selected Roleset.