Using Stewards

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A steward is a person or organization responsible for or associated with a model element, for example: DBA, Auditor, Jeffrey Smith, etc. You can create a new steward in the Reference Objects node. You can also create a pool from a Steward.

You can create a pool from a Steward or detach a pool from a Steward.

Creating a New Steward

1 Right-click on the Stewards node in the Model View tree and select New. The command that appears depends on the reference object clicked. So when you right-click on Steward, the command will be New Steward.
The newly created reference object appears nested below the selected object in the Model View tree. When you right-click the newly created object you gain access to a shortcut menu where you can rename or delete the Steward. You can also view the Impact Analysis Report. You can create a link, and open the Property View for the selected steward. You can also double-click an object to open the Property View.
2 Once you create the reference object, you can then drag that object onto the Diagram View. A representative icon is placed in the diagram. You can then link these objects to processes and tasks. The example below shows a steward linked to a task via an association.

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Creating as Pool

Conceptually a pool represents the participant in a process - the “who” of the action. Since a list of Business Units and Stewards is maintained in the Reference Objects, which also represent the “who”, you can semantically link the two objects. For example, you can keep track of the business units in your organization in the Reference Objects, for example Sales, Documentation, Engineering, etc. You then want to show the process that Documentation goes through to get ready for a software release.

Rather than create a new pool called “Documentation”, it’s better to use the existing object to semantically link them so that we understand that it’s the same business unit we’re talking about. This avoids redundancy because you can define it once and use it multiple times. Because the two objects are “bound” if you change the name of the business unit/steward you also change the name of the pool.

Detaching from Pool

Once you have created a Business Unit or Steward as a pool you can eliminate the relationship between the reference object and the pool.

1 Right-click the reference object either in the Model View tree or in the diagram and select Detach from Pool. The link is deleted between the reference object and the pool. Any changes you make to the reference object are no longer propagated to the pool. However both the reference object and the pool remain on the diagram.