how macroscope is customized, built and deployed

Macroscope®

Customization Features

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Structure – Edit – Publish

How Macroscope (the product) is built and deployed

Design

Content

Experts Method Editors

ProcessUnifier™ (MPU)

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Macroscope Site

Method Users

Use

Macroscope Customization Features

Feedback from the

user community and

experts, influence

from evolved

frameworks

New and improved

content authored,

validated and used

Macroscope Evolution

User Experience

Improved Practices

Knowledge is

captured,

structured and

published

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The published product

A network of interlinked Web pages maintained

and published from the MPU repository

Links to collateral objects, e.g. files,

Web pages external to Macroscope.

Managed by authorized users

without the need of MPU

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Built-in adaptation features: Deliverable Assistant

Create documentation structures

templates based on project

nature and complexity.

Adapt typical structure and content of

given deliverable templates

Adapting documentation structure and

typical content

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Built-in adaptation features: Support Material

Add/replace your own tools attached to an

existing Macroscope concept

Replace or add to items provided by

Macroscope • A direct correspondance

• An alternate solution (e.g. specific form)

• A complement (e.g. tool, procedure, policy,

guideline)

• No change to the descriptive Macroscope

page

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Authoring tool : ProcessUnifier™

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MPU - Overview

Main functions:

• Structure – create, copy,

move, rename, delete and

reorganize the structure (generates breadcrumb and

sibling sections)

• Explore – display and

browse through the

published pages

• Edit– create and modify

page format and content,

manage menus

• Manage – authorize

content authors,

import/export content,

manage page templates,

etc.

• Publish – publish one,

many or all content

elements as web pages


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Edit Structure

Hierarchy of items

• How the pages are

linked to one

another

• Drives the

breadcrumb line

and the sibling

section


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Edit Content

Create and modify

content

• Format:

•Predefined forms for

Macroscope

•User-defined

templates

•Free forms

•Automated sections

e.g. TOC, Structured

List, Ordered List,

Index, Collapsible

sections, etc.


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Edit Links

Links between process

components

• References (hyperlinks) to

other process elements (e.g.

role, deliverable, activity)

through drop-down lists

instead of typing the element’s

name

• Referential integrity ensured

• Changes to one element

cascades through the entire

sites just by republishing

pages

External links

• Other intranet or internet sites

• Any other types of hyperlinks


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Edit Graphical Links

Hot Spot Editor

• Easy drawing of clickable zones

• Drag and Drop references (hyperlinks) from drop-down lists

• Easy import of images 11 11 Macroscope Customization Features

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Edit Menus

Manage menus

• Per domain

• References through

drag and drop

• Not limited to

process content


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Publish

Publish Site

• Web pages generates

from the database

content

• Automated generation

of:

•Certain page views or

sections

•Navigational elements

• Define configurations

(packages) and publish

• Multiple instances of

Macroscope sites on

same server


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Typical Configurations

ProcessUnifier

Repository

(SQL Server)

Authoring

ProcessUnifier ClientPublish W

eb

Pages

Compare & Synchronise

(Update)Admin,

Domain Expert,

Content Editor

Publication Submission

Manage Structure

and Edit ContentTest Server

Development SiteStaging or Production Server

Official Intranet Site

Authoring Environment

Stand-alone • Macroscope 5.0 or upward

installed

• MPU application

• InfoPath 2003 SP2 or upward

• SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

Multi user • Macroscope installed on a server

• MPU for each client

• InfoPath for each client

• SQL Server 2005 Workgroup, Standard,

or Enterprise edition.


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Server containing the

Macroscope database containing

the domain to be edited

Accessing the database to be edited


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Main administration Items

Export or Import a domain from/to other

databases

Who may do what on a Macroscope domain

Domain names and authorizations

Edit Macroscope menus

Edit page templates

Trace changes made to pages

Publishing parameters


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