CMS - Assessment Models editor on Documentation - V2

CMS - Background Facts tab

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Background Facts tab

This tab governs the Background Facts part of the Assessment Model, i.e. it governs external facts that can be uploaded at Snapshot generation time to provide more context (formerly known as Productivity Metrics). These Background Facts are declared in an XML file, see: Configuring the Background Facts upload file for more information.

The tab is divided into two distinct parts:

a list of Background Facts
and a section to configure/edit each Background Fact with various sub tabs

List of Background Facts

This section simply lists the Background Facts. The below example is taken from the standard CAST supplied Assessment Model (see Assessment Models view):

CMS - Business Criteria tab

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Business Criteria tab

This tab allows you to edit existing or create new Business Criteria (i.e. strategic quality indicators - either business oriented or either development oriented) that will govern how the analyzed source code is measured.

The tab is divided into two distinct parts:

a list of Business Criteria
and a separate editor to configure/edit each Business Criterion with various sub tabs

List of Business Criteria

This section simply lists the Business Criteria. The below example is taken from the standard CAST supplied Assessment Model (see Assessment Models view):

CMS - Consolidation Settings tab

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Consolidation Settings tab

This tab allows you to modify the way the Application-level grades are computed:

Choose the method using the drop down list box:

By default the Full Application mode is always selected. This mode calculates grades from components of an Application and the scope of components is defined as a union of components accessed from all Functional Modules.

CMS - Contextual Parameters tab

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Contextual Parameters tab

This tab governs the Contextual Parameters part of the Assessment Model, i.e. it governs input that controls the behavior of Quality Rules to adapt them to the correct context.

The tab is divided into two distinct parts:

a list of Contextual Parameters
a sub section to configure/edit each Contextual Parameter with various sub tabs

The Contextual Parameters can then be used in the Quality Rules, Quality Distributions and Quality Measures tabs.

CMS - Notes tab (selected item)

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Notes tab

The Notes tab is simply an area that you can use to make notes or remarks about the selected item.

CMS - Object Sets tab

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Object Sets tab

This tab is not yet available for use. It is linked to the CAST Quality Rule Studio (currently in BETA) and does not function.

Please contact CAST for more information.

CMS - Quality Model tab

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Quality Model tab

This tab governs the Quality part of the Assessment Model, i.e. it governs how the analyzed source code will be measured in terms of Quality. The tab is itself divided into several sub tabs, click for more information:

CMS - Quality Rules/Quality Distributions/Quality Measures tabs

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Quality Rules/Quality Distributions/Quality Measures tabs

These tabs allow you to edit existing or create new:

Quality Rules (i.e. tactical quality indicators, designed to assess a component based on the compliance to a coding or architecture practice) that will govern how the analyzed source code is measured.
Quality Distributions (i.e. tactical quality indicators, designed to assess a component based on the balance of the distribution of an attribute value among objects of the component)
Quality Measures (i.e. tactical quality indicators, designed to assess a component based on a single measure value).

The tabs have very similar content but not all sub-tabs are visible in each parent tab. For ease of use, ALL available sub-tabs are explained in more detail below.

CMS - Services tab

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Services tab

This tab governs the Services part of the Assessment Model, i.e. it governs the contexts (Dashboard Services) that use the Assessment Model.

List of contexts that use the Assessment Model

This section simply lists the all Dashboard Services that use the current Assessment Model - it is read only (i.e. you cannot add in additional Dashboard Services):

To edit a Dashboard Service:

Select the item in the list
Click the button - the Dashboard Service editor will be displayed enabling you to make the changes you require

Notes

CMS - Sizing Model tab

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Sizing Model tab

This tab governs the Sizing part of the Assessment Model, i.e. it governs how the analyzed source code will be measured in terms of Technical and Functional Size.

The tab is divided into two distinct parts:

a list of Sizing Measures
and a separate editor to configure/edit each Sizing Measure with various sub tabs

List of Sizing Measures

This section simply lists the Sizing Measures. The below example is taken from the standard CAST supplied Assessment Model (see Assessment Models view):

CMS - Technical Criteria tab

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Technical Criteria tab

This tab allows you to edit existing or create new Technical Criteria (i.e. operational quality indicators, designed to assess a technical area) that will govern how the analyzed source code is measured.

The tab is divided into two distinct parts:

a list of Technical Criteria
and a separate editor to configure/edit each Technical Criterion with various sub tabs

List of Technical Criteria

This section simply lists the Technical Criteria. The below example is taken from standard CAST supplied Assessment Model (see Assessment Models view):