State Diagrams in ARIS

Hi All,

Really? Has no-one used state diagrams in ARIS? Is this a unique problem I have encountered? I'd really appreciate some input here. At the moment it looks like I'll have to rely on plain text information to show what state a data object is in which is not ideal.

Is there a specific ARIS module that I need?

All comments are welcome

Regards

Keith

Keith,

You can have the states in FADs assigned to Functions. There you can link Data Object with Event with 'has state' connections. That type of connection is allowed in EPCs as well but in most cases the events you have there would be more generic and even when not, maintaing 'has statel links in EPC will lead to clutter.

Of course, you would prefer to have in one place all states your data object might be in and the possible transitions. And yes, not being allowed to assign Event Diagram or UML StateChart to a Technical Term (or Cluster/Data Model) is frustrating. But then assignment is just one way, albait the most convenient, for navigation. Using Occurences Tab is a valid option as well. It is two clicks more but until ARIS methods are made more open for the user, that's a working solution.

Hi Ivo,

Thanks for the advice. We have decided to do what you propose in your latter option; we have assigned the technical term to a Quick Model. The Quick Modl represents our library of state diagram objects which in turn are assigned to the appropriate UML Statechart diagram.

The business is happy to view things in this way. Thanks for the help.

Regards

Keith