Tool Mentor: EPF Files Affected by Changes |
This tool mentor lists EPF files and the changes that can affect them.
Main Description
The following table lists the `.xmi` files created and managed by EPF Composer. For each file, we describe what types of changes affect those files:
EPF Composer File | Changes that Affect the File
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`library.xmi` | Creating/deleting/renaming a plug-in Creating/deleting/renaming a process (a capability pattern or a delivery process) Changing a configuration
`plugin.xmi` (one for each plug-in) | Creating/deleting method elements (method content or processes) Creating/refining method element brief descriptions (method content or processes) Creating/refining method element names (name or presentation name) Creating/refining method content variability (contribute, extend, replace) Creating/refining relationships (guidance, inputs work products, output work products, roles) Creating/refining categorizations (domain, work product kind, role set, discipline) Creating/refining method content categories (custom or standard) Creating/refining method packages (method content or process packages) Assigning a shape or node icon A new `plugin.xmi` file is created when a new plug-in is created
`<method content name>.xmi` (one for each method content element) | Refining the descriptive text for the method content element (all fields except the name, presentation name and brief description). Changing the name of a method content element will cause the name of this file to change.
`<process name>/model.xmi` (one for each process) | Creating/refining activities Creating/refining activity brief descriptions Creating/refining activity names (name and presentation name) Creating/refining activity relationships (predecessor, extend, copy) Creating/refining process diagrams Refining the activity attributes (found on the General properties tab), such as repeatable, ongoing, etc. or predecessor relationships Creating/refining the entry or exit state of a work product
<process name>/`content.xmi` (one for each process) | Refining textual content of method descriptors (tasks, roles, work products). This includes all of the descriptive text, except the presentation names and brief descriptions
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