Time Architec

Key Features:

Draw Gantt Charts

Time Architect can take EA resource information and display it as a truly interactive Gantt Chart. Not only does this allow you plan your project, but it also allows you clearly see what needs to be done when. Project managers can quickly and easily build the chart in TA and modellers can use this to get to the relevant tasks/elements, just by clicking on the appropriate task in the Gantt Chart

Powerful Data Grid View of your model

Behind the Gantt Chart is a powerful data grid that allows full filtering, sorting and group by functionality. TA's grid allows you to manage multiple tasks/elements at the same time, not only updating Resource information (Resource, duration, start date etc.) but also EA data such as Phase, Version, Status, Tags and more.

Export data to Microsoft Excel format

Having selected the correct elements in the Data Grid, it is a simple matter to export this information out to Microsoft Excel. TA remembers your configuration of sort, column order, group by and filters and exports what you see to Microsoft Excel (.xls). In addition, you can also select to have the element notes exported, kickstart other processes outside of EA.

Multi Element Management

When project managing through TA or modelling in EA, you often need to manipulate many elements at the same time. Time Architect extends EA's functionality with the following capabilities:

• Move elements to package
• Add Elements to diagram(s)
• Delete Elements
• Add related element
• Change EA properties for multiple elements.

Quick Chart

• Kick start your project planning process. Time Architect can read your EA complexity/difficulty settings and assign definable durations to tasks based on these settings.

Time Calculations

• EA provides a resource tab that allows you to record who is doing something and when. This is only informational in EA - there is no relationship between the start time, end time and duration. Time Architect uses this information to calculate the timings of your project correctly. Project Managers can now plan, live inside EA. Modellers can see what needs to be done, by them, by when!

Project Review

Time Architect makes it easy to see which tasks need attention and which are OK. TA adds review functionality to the data grid showing which tasks are finished, due to start, late ending and more.

Powerful Visualisation

As well as adding a colourful, meaningful, interactive Gantt Chart, Time Architect adds a new dimension to your EA models. It is now easy to see the relationships between elements based on timescales as well as the normal, UML relationships.

Other Features:

Improved Resource Management

Time Architect is fully integrated into Enterprise Architect and builds on many of the existing EA dialogs and their associated data. When adding Resources to TA it is one simple dialog to add the new resource, yet the EA fields are populated correctly 'behind the scenes'. TA passes your task information back to EA through the project management/Resources tab, correctly populating all the relevant fields.