Creating Process Webs

Topics

• Basic Setup
• Alternate Navigation Schemes

Basic Setup

This example Wylie College Organization Web and the corresponding Project Web can be copied and modified to form the basis for your own organization's websites, by following the steps below:

1. Most organizations will prefer each website to be on a separate webserver, or at least its own virtual directory.  Microsoft Management Console may be used to create virtual directories.
   Each relative link, such as

   <a href="../../../RationalUnifiedProcess/toolment/devkit/tm_web.htm"> 

   then needs to be replaced with an absolute link, such as: 

   <a href="http://my-rup-server-name/RationalUnifiedProcess/toolment/devkit/tm_web.htm">. 

2. Modify the websites to meet your needs, as described in the Rational Unified Process's Process Engineer Toolkit.  Some additional guidance follows below.

Alternate Navigation Schemes

The following are alternative ways to link project, organization, and Rational Unified Process websites:

Using Multiple Windows

You can navigate using three windows, a Project window, an Organization window, and a Rational Unified Process window.

A link from Website A to Website B causes the linked page to open in Website B's browser window.

This behavior is enabled by setting the target frame in the link.  The target frames for these Websites are as follows:

The following link is an example which also provides detailed guidance for linking to the Rational Unified Process - Toolkit: Adding External Links to the Rational Unified Process.

When the corresponding window is first opened (by clicking on a link) it is raised and made visible.  It's treebrowser can be activated by clicking on "Display Treebrowser" at the top right of the window.

Once a window is open, it is NOT re-raised automatically when clicking on a link targeted to the window.  This can be changed by use of javascript.  The following link is an example which raises the Rational Unified Process when clicked on a second time.

Merged Treebrowsers

Sites can be merged so that they share a single treebrowser.

Note that when a process is tailored for an organization or a project using the Rational Process Workbench, the result is a single website containing a process for either an organization or a project.

Nested Frames

The following link shows how the Rational Unified Process can be browsed in a nested frame with its corresponding treebrowser.