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Session 6: Extending the iRise PlatformSep 20 2012Sep 20, 2012

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Mike HughesDirector

Customer Solutions

Toby ThorntonDirector

Commercial Accounts

About this webinar series

Date SessionDate SessionMay 24 Session I: Looking at Common Patterns Jun 14 Session II: Getting to Functional FidelityJun 14 Session II: Getting to Functional Fidelity Jul 12 Session III: Getting to Visual Fidelity Aug 2 Session IV: Collaboration and Facilitation gAug 30 Session V: Keeping up with a Mobile World Sep 20 Session VI: Extending the iRise Platform

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October 8‐10 at ARIA Las Vegas

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AUDIENCE POLL

• Agenda– Built‐In Mechanisms

• Requirements• DocumentDocument• Comments• XML• iConnect• iBlocs

Value Added Mechanisms– Value‐Added Mechanisms• Connect• CodeGen


Requirements

How?How?

What?What?• Capture text‐based requirements in How?How?Capture text based requirements in

iRise document view• Export requirements to CSV format• Import requirements from CSV• Import requirements from CSV• Update and add requirements from

external sources• Enrich requirements with other data

Why?Why?

• Enrich requirements with other data

• Pass requirements to and from other platforms

• Requirement meta‐data can be seen


by iRise modeler and also included in custom reports.

Ti #421 E i h iRi t t i tTip #421: Enrich your iRise text requirements

You can add other columns of requirementYou can add other columns of requirement meta data to the exported CSV file so that, after importing, this data is visible in f p g,document view. Simply preface column names with rm_


Document

How?How?

What?What?• Export your project to RTF format How?How?Export your project to RTF format• Include screen images• Include requirements• Incl de idget specifications• Include widget specifications• Select which chapters• Customize with templates

Why?Why?yy• Very quickly produce different types

of specification documents


Ti #314 C t i th RTF t l tTip #314: Customize the RTF template

You can create your own RTF template toYou can create your own RTF template to customize headers, footers, content order and add other content. Check out the default ftemplate that comes with iRise for an example and check help for the tags that can


be used.

Comments

How?How?

What?What?• Export your project comments How?How?Export your project comments• Import comments from iDocs

Why?Why?ili i f i• Facilitate reviews from iDocs

• Share iRise comments with other platforms


XML

How?How?

What?What?• Export your project to XML format How?How?Export your project to XML format• All project data is present• Includes folder of project images• Follo s a ell defined specification• Follows a well defined specification

(XSD)

Why?Why?• XML data is easy to transform• XML data is easy to transform• Prepare data for other systems• Create custom specifications/reports


Ti #512 U XSLT bl t lTip #512: Use an XSLT capable tool

Writing XSLT by hand is cumbersome andWriting XSLT by hand is cumbersome and error prone. There are many inexpensive tools that facilitate the process of creating, f p f g,running and validating XSLT files. For example, EditiX


Ti #571 St t ith th d t tTip #571: Start with the end state

If you wish to build a custom report it is simplest toIf you wish to build a custom report it is simplest to start with the end state Word document. Replace content with placeholders that will be easy to find in h XML Th XML l h ld ill b dthe XML. These XML placeholders will be converted to XSLT statements.Check out: http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/


Check out: http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/

iConnect

How?How?

What?What?• REST‐based web services How?How?• OAuth security tied to Definition Center

groups• Standards‐based XML and JSON output

Development Tools• Access

• Create/Update

• Events• iDocs

• Requirements• Project data

• Users• Groups

• Users

Other Options:

Why?Why?

• Requirements• iRise model

Why?Why?• Easily pull iRise data into other

platforms in real‐time


• Build your own utilities• Analyze iRise usage

Ti #615 Ch kd t ith f i dl t lTip #615: Check data with user‐friendly tools

There are many free tools available that can beThere are many free tools available that can be used to issue the various web services supported by iRise and inspect the data returned. This is a great

l h h b iway to learn how to use each web service. For example, Poster plugin for Firefox.To convert JSON to CSV: http://json csv com/


To convert JSON to CSV: http://json‐csv.com/

iBlocs

How?How?

What?What?• Custom iRise widgets and actions How?How?Custom iRise widgets and actions• Allows complex interactions to be

quickly included in a simulation• Widgets and actions are “wired‐in” to• Widgets and actions are wired‐in to

a simulation• Shareable/reusable assets

Why?Why?• Higher fidelity in shorter time• Support UI interactions that cannot be

built with native widgets


built with native widgets• Promote UI consistency

Ti #790 W i ti tTip #790: Wrap existing components

The simplest way to quickly create iBlocs is to wrapThe simplest way to quickly create iBlocs is to wrap existing JavaScript components. This is much easier than creating your own iBlocs from scratch with

HTML d J S icustom HTML and JavaScript.

For example jQuery


For example, jQuery

Connect

How?How?

What?What?• Pre‐built integrations to: How?How?Pre built integrations to:

– IBM Rational Requirements Composer– HP ALM – CaliberRMCaliberRM

• Bi‐directional capability• Synchronize iRise chapters and

requirement text

Why?Why?

requirement text

yy• Improve requirement traceability• Assess requirement coverage


• Facilitate impact assessment

Ti #478 Bi di ti l i t ti f iTip #478: Bi‐directional integrations are confusing

While most of our integrations support biWhile most of our integrations support bi‐directional synchronization it is simpler to stick with one direction. Generally it makes ythe most sense to update requirements at the source so if iRise is the source for the


requirement, update it in iRise.

CodeGen

How?How?

What?What?• Generate code from iRise simulations How?How?• Focus on front‐end• Template‐based• Align with your technology standardsg y gy• Supports virtually any tag‐based UI

framework• Integrated with Definition Center security

Why?Why?yy• Reduce time spent coding UI• Enforce UI coding standards


Ti #593 U C d G ith iRi t lib iTip #593: Use CodeGen with iRise asset libraries

The best way to use CodeGen is to alignThe best way to use CodeGen is to align CodeGen templates with iRise asset libraries. In this way when reusable content is used to yassemble a simulation CodeGen already knows how to translate the pages into code.


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• Learn from other iRise users

• Detailed information on APIs and iBloc creation

• Early access to features


October 8‐10 at ARIA Las Vegas

iRise Workshops and Certifications included in the $299 conference fee!www.irise.com/visualize2012


About this webinar series

Date SessionDate SessionMay 24 Session I: Looking at Common Patterns Jun 14 Session II: Getting to Functional FidelityJun 14 Session II: Getting to Functional Fidelity Jul 12 Session III: Getting to Visual Fidelity Aug 2 Session IV: Collaboration and Facilitation gAug 30 Session V: Keeping up with a Mobile World Sep 20 Session VI: Extending the iRise Platform

To access recorded sessions and download this presentation:htt // i i / / i t


http://www.irise.com/resources/seminar_center

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