EPF Composer 1.0.1 Downloads

EPF Composer 1.0.2 Downloads (Archived)

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or 2003
Red Hat Enteprise Linux, SUSE Enterprise Linux, and possibly others
Mozilla or Firefox
Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or later

Build Notes

EPF 1.0.2 is the latest release with a collection of bugfixes in the 1.0.x stream.
EPF 1.0.2a for Win32 works around Bugzilla 150782 by bundling a special patched SWT plugin in the base RCP environment.

Defects addressed in EPF 1.0.2

Defects addressed in EPF 1.0.1.2

Bug 166048: check-items, task-steps don't appear when using the publishing type "publish the processes selected below"'
Bug 168115: Act det diag gets scattered and tasks change places
Bug 168118: Publish site: Activity diagram is missing in published page due to Javascript codeset incorrect

Defects addressed in EPF 1.0.1.1

Bug 160991: Sort configuration while creating new process
Bug 162025: EPF does not show Main Description fields for some guidance elements (fixed on Linux systems only)
Bug 162154: Circular references are possible with artifacts and practices
Bug 162338: Suppressed tasks appear in the published site but not in Browsing perspective
Bug 162647: Problem with sorting elements in a published process
Bug 162603: Replacing disciplines appear inside their replaced elements
Bug 162712: Work product descriptors and role descriptors are not sorted alphabetically
Bug 162969: Need to fix regular expressions in external links
Bug 162123: Properly close out those Eclipse projects used during the import/export
Bug 162783: Publish team information in Work Breakdown Structure for TDs
Bug 163146: Need to provide "Team" information in the consolidated view of the process editor
Bug 163151: Provide sorting for elements under modelInfo in the process editor
Bug 163476: Optional, External input, and some rows should not be empty
Bug 163885: Circular links appear when publishing Supporting Materials which contribute to parent Supporting Materials
Bug 163995: Error message appears while upgrading library from an older version

New in EPF 1.0.1

Native Language support for Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, and Spanish
Bug Fixes. See section on Defects Fixed for more details.
EPF 1.0.1a for Win32 addresses Bugzilla 150782 in the build environment.

New in EPF 1.0

Conceptual Changes

Configurations are managed as independent units - ability to change configurations easily in a CM environment
Disciplines Nesting - provide hierarchies of Disciplines just as Domains
Separation between localContribution and Contribution in processes

Process Editing Features

Activity Variability - create plug-ins for existing processes
Deep Copy - obtain local copy of an entire pattern
Local Replace Deep Copy - turns a green process branch into black
Process Synchronization - synchronize process against changes in method content
Change types of Activities - turn a Capability Pattern into a Phase, an Iteration into an Activity

Publishing Features

Process-centric publishing - publish only the method content that is used by published processes
Redundant Descriptors publishing - publish descriptors including all content from related method content elements
Publish base activity diagrams for extending elements

Import/Export Features

Usability and UI Improvements

Numerous usability and UI enhancements - Breadcrumbs for Processes, Tree browser without folders, Less cluttered processes, Convert broken hyperlinks to normal text, Improved publication logs, Tailor WBS appearance

Cheatsheets and Online Help are not localized.
Refer to the detailed CM Support Notes for caveats and usability issues on CM Support in EPF Composer.

Expand the downloaded archive file
Set MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to the directory of Mozilla or Firefox libraries
Change to epf-composer folder
Start the program named epf
It may be necessary to use the -vm argument to point EPF Composer at the correct JRE
Example: ./epf -vm /usr/local/j2re1.4.2/bin/java