[news.eclipse.technology.epf] Re: Attaching documents to Guidance

["Jan Fincher" <myjunk68@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've had some of the same questions and have found a few answers.

One way you can attach a document to a guidance that doesn't have a field 
for it is to create a link to the document in the Main Description field.

I don't know if the "rules" for which guidances can be attached to which 
other guidances or elements can be changed or bent.

I do know that the documentation (online help file) has a page that shows 
which elements have associations with other elements.  It's the page 
entitled Associations Impacted by Variability.  It shows both incoming and 
outgoing associations.

I was not able to find any guidance to guidance documentation, so I decided 
to test it out myself and see what was possible.  I've not finished, but 
here's what I've found so far:

      Guidances of type.
     can reference guidances of type.

      Checklist
     Concept

      Example

      Guideline

      Reusable Asset

      Supporting Material

      Whitepaper

      Concept
     Checklist

      Example

      Guideline

      Reusable Asset

      Supporting Material

      Whitepaper

      Concept

      Estimating Guideline
     <haven't done this one yet>

      Example
     Checklist

      Concept

      Guideline

      Reusable Asset

      Supporting Material

      Whitepaper

      Practice
     All other guidance types, but as references, not as guidances

      Report
     <haven't done this one yet>

      Reusable Asset
     <haven't done this one yet>

      Supporting Material
     <haven't done this one yet>

      Template
     <haven't done this one yet>

      Term Definition
     <haven't done this one yet>

      Tool Mentor
     <haven't done this one yet>

      White Paper
     <haven't done this one yet>



(If the table doesn't come through very well, let me know and I'll reformat 
it).

Regards,

J Fincher


"Sevon" <sevon.vanbebber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:a8106114ad5ef68e5aaa7d9b2fadf78f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> How would I go about attaching a document to a checklist, or a concept, or 
> support material, or any other guidance that doesn't have a field for 
> attaching documents?
> I understand that there are templates to fill out, but I am developing 
> process for a company that has years and years of process documentation, 
> and I do not have enough time to convert over everything, especially 
> spreadsheets, and PowerPoints.
> I also considered making guidance "examples" of checklists, or 
> "whitepapers" for a concept and attaching those to other guidance's, but 
> you cannot attach all guidance to all other guidance.
>
> Is there a simple way around this?  or maybe can the next release of EPF 
> allow for attaching documents to all guidance?  Also, are all of these 
> "rules" of which guidance can be attached to which types of other 
> guidance, and/or tasks, tools, roles, and work products documented and 
> available?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Sevon
>