private bool deserialize(string input)
{
JsonObject data;
if (JsonObject.TryParse(input, out data) == false)
{
return(false);
}
var modelArray = data.GetNamedArray("models", null);
foreach (var entry in modelArray)
{
var value = entry.GetObject().GetNamedNumber("category", -1);
if (value == -1)
{
return(false);
}
var type = (Category)value;
BaseModel model =
(type == Category.NOTE) ? (BaseModel)NoteModel.deserialize(entry.GetObject()) :
(type == Category.BUSINESS_RULE) ? BusinessRuleModel.deserialize(entry.GetObject()) :
(type == Category.INFLUENCER) ? InfluencerModel.deserialize(entry.GetObject()) :
(type == Category.ASSESSMENT) ? AssessmentModel.deserialize(entry.GetObject()) :
BMM.deserialize(entry.GetObject());
if (model != null)
{
workspace.Children.Add(model);
models.Add(model);
}
}
var linkArray = data.GetNamedArray("links", null);
foreach (var entry in linkArray)
{
var link = Link.deserialize(entry.GetObject());
if (link != null)
{
workspace.Children.Add(link);
link.sourceModel.MovedEvent += link.sourceMoved;
link.targetModel.MovedEvent += link.targetMoved;
}
}
return(true);
}
private async void performStep(TourStep nextStep)
{
step = nextStep;
switch (nextStep)
{
case TourStep.None:
storyboard.Stop();
if (storyboard.Children.Count == 1)
{
storyboard.Children.RemoveAt(0);
}
highlightedBrush.Color = Colors.Transparent;
guideBubble.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
Guide = "";
step = TourStep.None;
tourButton.Icon = new SymbolIcon(Symbol.Help);
tourButton.Label = "Start Tour";
tourButton.Click -= endTour;
tourButton.Click += startTour;
break;
case TourStep.V1:
visionIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "Business Motivation Models need Ends to justify any planned Means. The highest End is an organization's Vision. "
+ "So, let's start by formulating a Vision for our cancer research institute.\nSimply drag a Vision element onto the workspace.";
guideBubble.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
break;
case TourStep.V2:
Vision = (BMM)workspace.Children.Last();
Vision.headerBorder.Background = highlightBrush();
Vision.headerBox.KeyUp += Tour_TextBoxEdited;
Guide = "Good job! Next, we should give our Vision a descriptive name. Double-tap its header and enter e.g.:\"Cancer Research\". To finish editing, press [Enter].";
break;
case TourStep.V3:
Vision.headerBox.KeyUp -= Tour_TextBoxEdited;
Vision.descriptionBox.KeyUp += Tour_TextBoxEdited;
Vision.descriptionBorder.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "Next, we formulate the Vision itself. Double-tap its description and enter e.g.: "
+ "\"The ultimate defeat of cancer and further education of young academics with exclusively non-profit activities\". Again, finish by pressing [Enter].";
break;
case TourStep.G1:
Vision.descriptionBox.KeyUp -= Tour_TextBoxEdited;
goalIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "Excellent. This Vision describes the final purpose of our cancer reserach institute. In order to reach it we need to formulate smaller Goals."
+ "\nSo let's place a Goal on our workspace, next.";
break;
case TourStep.G2:
Goal = (BMM)workspace.Children.Last();
Goal.Title = "Attractive Employer";
Goal.Description = "Become an attractive employer for young academics, especially for PhD students.";
Goal.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
Vision.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Guide = "To save you some time I already formulated this Goal. Note how it describes exactly one of many possible targets for the Vision: "
+ "To educate young academics the institute needs to attract many of them."
+ "\nPlease link the Goal with the Vision by dragging from the Goal's link achor and releasing somewhere on the Vision.";
break;
case TourStep.O1:
Vision.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
objectiveIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "The next step is to state concrete and realizable Objectives to achieve our Goal. Please add an Objective to the workspace.";
break;
case TourStep.O2:
Objective = (BMM)workspace.Children.Last();
Objective.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
Objective.Title = "Known by PhDs";
Objective.Description = "Within the next two years become familiar to at least 90% of the PhD students in the field of Medicine and Biology.";
Goal.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Guide = "Again, we skip the typing work. Pay attention to the difference between Goals and Objectives."
+ " While Goals represent single inconcrete targets for the Vision, Objectives are meant to be precise enough to derive Business Processes from them."
+ "\nSince this Objective helps realizing our \"Attractive Employer\" Goal, let's link the two.";
break;
case TourStep.S1:
Goal.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
strategyIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "We could add more Goals and Objectives, for example the Goal to become nation-wide leading institute in cancer research by year X "
+ "or the Objective to become well known by undergraduates as well, you get the idea.\nTo keep it simple, we finish Ends and continue with Means instead."
+ "\nPlease drag a Strategy to the workspace.";
break;
case TourStep.S2:
Strategy = (BMM)workspace.Children.Last();
Strategy.Title = "Excellent Working Conditions";
Strategy.Description = "Establish excellent working conditions for young academics, for PhD students in particular.";
Strategy.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
Goal.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Guide = "Developing good working conditions is one possible strategy to attain the Goal \"Attractive Employer\"."
+ " Another strategy could be to offer exceptionally high salary.\nBut let's link this one with our Goal.";
break;
case TourStep.T1:
Goal.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
tacticIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "Next, just like with the pair of Goal and Objective a Strategy sometimes needs concrete Tactics that implement it."
+ " Organizations sometimes choose to not make this distinction, but for the sake of completeness,\nplease add a Tactic to your workspace.";
break;
case TourStep.T2:
Tactic = (BMM)workspace.Children.Last();
Tactic.Title = "Annual Festival";
Tactic.Description = "Celebrate annual festivals to which employees can also contribute.";
Tactic.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
Strategy.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Guide = "By celebrating annual festivals the Strategy \"Excellent Working Conditions\" is implemented.\nA link should visualize this relationship.";
break;
case TourStep.I1:
Strategy.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
influencerIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "Well done! So far we have defined some Ends and corresponding Means for our organization."
+ "\nThe next important concept are Influencers.\nDrag an Influencer onto the workspace.";
break;
case TourStep.I2:
Influencer = (InfluencerModel)workspace.Children.Last();
Influencer.Title = "Survey on Research Money";
Influencer.Description = "According to a survey of institute X, 35% of the society believe that taxpayer's money is not used effectively in research institutes.";
Influencer.influencerCombo.Background = highlightBrush();
Influencer.influencerCombo.SelectionChanged += Tour_ComboSelectionChanged;
Guide = "Influencers represent changes of the environment that might affect the organization's activities and plans."
+ " Note that Influencers are neutral. Their actual impact will be dealt with later.\nIt is possible to categorize Influencers."
+ " Select \"Environment\" for this one.";
break;
case TourStep.A1:
Influencer.influencerCombo.SelectionChanged -= Tour_ComboSelectionChanged;
assessmentIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "I have mentioned that Influencers are formulated in a neutral way. In fact, a motivation should never be directly derived from an Influencer."
+ " Instead, in order to evaluate its impact on the organization, an Assessment can be made.\nPlease add an Assessment to the workspace.";
break;
case TourStep.A2:
Assessment = (AssessmentModel)workspace.Children.Last();
Assessment.Title = "Festivals Reputation";
Assessment.Description = "The annual festivals of the institute might lead to negative public perception.";
Assessment.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "This Assessment addresses the Influencer's impact on the Tactic \"Annual Festival\"."
+ " The Influencer might also affect other parts of the organizational plan, for each such impact, a new Assessment should be created."
+ "\n Link this one with its Influencer and with mentioned Tactic.";
Influencer.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Tactic.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
break;
case TourStep.A3:
foreach (var link in findLinks(Influencer))
{
if (link.sourceModel == Assessment || link.targetModel == Assessment)
{
Influencer.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
return;
}
}
Tactic.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
break;
case TourStep.A4:
Influencer.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
Tactic.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
Assessment.swotControl.Background = highlightBrush();
Assessment.swotControl.SelectionChanged += Tour_ComboSelectionChanged;
Guide = "Note that an impact can be of various nature. It can be an internal Strength or Weakness or an external Threat or Opportunity."
+ "\nClassify this one as a Threat.";
break;
case TourStep.P1:
Assessment.swotControl.SelectionChanged -= Tour_ComboSelectionChanged;
policyIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "After an Assessment has been made it should not go without consequences."
+ " Let's create a Business Policy to counter the Threat to our cancer research institute.\nDrag a Business Policy onto the workspace.";
break;
case TourStep.P2:
BusinessPolicy = (BMM)workspace.Children.Last();
BusinessPolicy.Title = "Thrifty Budget";
BusinessPolicy.Description = "The institute shall use its budget task-oriented and thrifty.";
BusinessPolicy.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
Tactic.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Guide = "This Business Policy is motivated by the newly made Assessment, but it also supports the non-profit part of the institute's Vision."
+ " Since it restricts the Tactic \"Annual Festival\", let's link the two.";
break;
case TourStep.R1:
Tactic.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
ruleIcon.Background = highlightBrush();
Guide = "We are almost done! The last thing I'd like to demonstrate is the Business Rule."
+ "\nYou might have noticed, that the Business Policy is not very precise as a restriction. It is still arguable which investions are necessarys, "
+ "so that the Policy is not directly enforceable.\nAdd a Business Rule to the workspace to see an example of an enforceable Directive.";
break;
case TourStep.R2:
BusinessRule = (BusinessRuleModel)workspace.Children.Last();
BusinessRule.Title = "Student Salary";
BusinessRule.Description = "Undergraduates and students with Master's degree shall receive an ordinary research assistant salary at most.";
BusinessRule.enforcementCombo.Background = highlightBrush();
BusinessRule.enforcementCombo.SelectionChanged += Tour_ComboSelectionChanged;
Guide = "This rule is directly enforceable since it is objectively possible to determine if the rule is broken or not."
+ "Additionally you can classify the Rule's enforcement level. I would choose \"Strictly\" for this one, what do you say?";
break;
case TourStep.R3:
BusinessRule.enforcementCombo.SelectionChanged -= Tour_ComboSelectionChanged;
BusinessRule.anchor.Background = highlightBrush();
BusinessPolicy.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Goal.LinkEndEvent += Tour_linkEstablished;
Guide = "Lastly, since our Business Rule reduces the budget for employees it also supports the Policy \"Thrifty Budget\" and restricts the Goal"
+ " \"Attractive Employer\". We should draw links to the two.";
break;
case TourStep.R4:
foreach (var link in findLinks(BusinessPolicy))
{
if (link.sourceModel == BusinessRule || link.targetModel == BusinessRule)
{
BusinessPolicy.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
return;
}
}
Goal.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
break;
case TourStep.R5:
BusinessPolicy.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
Goal.LinkEndEvent -= Tour_linkEstablished;
storyboard.Stop();
storyboard.Children.RemoveAt(0);
highlightedBrush.Color = Colors.Transparent;
guideBubble.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
Guide = "";
step = TourStep.None;
tourButton.Icon = new SymbolIcon(Symbol.MapPin);
tourButton.Label = "Start Tour";
tourButton.Click -= endTour;
tourButton.Click += startTour;
MessageDialog tourEnd =
new MessageDialog("You have learnt the most important concepts of the Business Motivation Model. For further reading explore our documentation. "
+ "Otherwise, you can go on and create your own diagram now. Tap the trashcan to clear the workspace. I wish you and your organization much success!"
, "Congratulations!");
await tourEnd.ShowAsync();
break;
}
}