Automated Methods

Consistency Checks and Matrices are automated methods:

Consistency Checks: CA Gen includes an automated facility called Consistency Check that applies a set of rules to a model, a subset of a model, or a specific object in the model to evaluate its consistency and completeness. We will look at one use of Consistency Check to evaluate the consistency and completeness of our data model.
Matrices: CA Gen includes a set of more than 35 standard matrices that help record and evaluate numerous facts about the business. These matrices can help during the initial assessment of a project, when defining an information architecture, technical architecture, and business system architecture, when making a current environment assessment, and when defining business systems. CA Gen supports creating your own custom matrices as well. We will look at one use of the Matrix Processor to examine the interaction between elementary processes and entity types, looking for gaps in our analysis.