A Discovery Map is a graphical design tool integrated into the Processes tab of the Application Profiler and Application Accelerator. Use a Discovery Map to provide a high-level presentation of steps in the starting business flows in the application including the subflows and alternate paths.

The result is a visual inventory of processing steps that is used by the Accelerator as the basis for creating the draft starting flow diagrams in the application.

The Business Analyst portal provides access to the Discovery Maps of the application.

In the Discovery Map:

• Steps are color coded to visually indicate a flow shape and whether the step is a subflow (blue), performed by a human operator (green), automatically (yellow) or an interface (red).
• The primary path moves from left to right across the top of the map
• Sub flows are displayed top to bottom from a step in the primary path
• Alternate paths in the primary path or sub flow are indicated by two red bars between steps
• Use cases and Requirements are added and aligned with the individual steps

Optionally, you can present and interact with the Discovery Map on the Diagram tab of the Flow form, as an alternative to the Visio diagram. V6.1SP2.

See the Pega Developer Network article PRKB-26165 Creating a Discovery Map and others listed under the Direct Capture of Objectives section of the Implementation Methodology knowledge category. laplm 3/3/2010

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