iGrafx IDEF0 2011 User Guide

IDEF0

User Guide

iGrafx IDEF0® 2011 User Guide

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Rev: June 17, 2010

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Table of Contents

Glossary 8

For Exposition Only Diagram 8

Creating an iGrafx IDEF0 Model 11

Start IDEF0 11

Define the Model 12

Add Diagrams to Your Model 13

Create a Model Template 18

Customize Text and the Glossary 22

Arrows 24

Validate a Model 27

Print IDEF0 Models 28

Using iGrafx IDEF0 Menus and Tools 31

Introduction 3

Introduction 1

iGrafx IDEF0® is a custom add-on to iGrafx® that lets you build business process models

based on the Integration Definition language 0 (IDEF0).

This language is defined by the Integration Definition for Function Modeling (IDEF0)

Standard issued by the Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS)

on December 21, 1993.

• IDEF Rules Enforcement- IDEF0 uses correct-by-design and rules checking

technology to insure the accuracy and consistency of your model.

• IDEF Explorer- The Explorer lets you navigate the components of a model.

• Associated Components- iGrafx IDEF0 lets you add components to models such as

FEO diagrams, text diagrams, and glossaries.

• IDEF0 Model Templates- You can use model templates to help build models.

The IDEF0 Modeling Language

The IDEF0 modeling language is a graphics and text based notation used to model a system

or process. An IDEF0 model is composed of a hierarchical series of diagrams that gradually