General View of HiME

Managing and Viewing models
Working with models
Working with Inheritance
i* Framework
The main window is divided in two parts: On the model navigator view, the model is represented like the folder tree used by the operating systems. On the model statistics, there is some information about the complexity of the model.

Model Navigator View

Models are shown in hierarchical way inside the explorer view. It has its own toolbar to manage the view and at the bottom there is an special red area where some information is shown about the selected element on the model.

Searching model elements in the navigator view

Model Navigator allows different views depending if we want to se:
  • all the model (SR)
  • only SD elements (actors and dependencies)
  • SD with only outgoing dependencies
  • SD with only incoming depencies
Expands the selected element childs
Collapse the childs for the selected element on the model
Moves the selected element one posicition up in the same level
Moves the selected element once position down in the same level

Each element has assigned a different set of options depending on its type. For example:

Statistics View

This view show some quantitative information related to the model.

The table shows some numbers about how many elements are in the model for each actor (dependencies, internal elements, etc.). And the two graphics shows about the actors's vulnerability and complexity. The vulnerability is mesured by the number of outgoing and incoming dependenncies. On the other hand the complexity is measured by the elements inside the actor's boundary (intentional elements and intentional element links).