This guide is for anyone wanting to learn about registries and how they can be implemented using the Verne platform and associated tools.
Its purpose is to take you through the content of the Partner Portal in a sequence that will help you understand some of the high-level concepts first before drilling into the details of Verne and registry design and implementation.
How to use this Learning Path
If you’re new to Verne and registries in general you will get the most benefit of the Learning Path if you simply start at the beginning and work your way through the material. It is important to first understand the concepts behind Verne and the terminology used as later sections assume you have this knowledge and build on top of it.
If you are familiar with the Verne basics you can select your learning topic and jump into any section in the path using the navigation tree on the right.
As you work through the Learning Paths below, the questions asked give you an opportunity to review the concepts, reflect on your learning and verify your understanding.
If you have been assigned a buddy, they may check your answers. They can also answer additional questions that come up as a result of your learning.
Part 1: Verne Introduction This is an introduction for anyone interested in understanding more about registers and wanting to get an overview of Verne and how it operates. It also introduces the language Foster Moore uses when describing Verne functionality, the main business concepts behind registries and how Verne enables their implementation. You will get an understanding of the different products that make up the Verne suite and how they are put together to meet the complex requirements of a registry. The lesson provides fundamental knowledge for anyone who plans to work with Verne. The introduction finishes off with an exercise to help map your understanding of Verne to a real-world registry example. Target audience: Suited to anyone regardless of their role.Prerequisites: NoneEstimated duration: ~ 2 daysOPEN
- Learning Centre
- Verne Introduction
- Overview of Registry Implementation Concepts
- Capabilities & Features making up the Verne Suite
- Exercise
Learning Centre
Duration: 1/2 hourInstructions
The Learning Centre is the landing page for anyone starting off learning about Verne and how Verne implementations work. Explore it and the links it contains.- Get to know where it sits in the Partner Portal.
- Understand the different roles that work together on a register implementation – describe what you think each of their main responsibilities are.
Verne Introduction
Duration: 1/2 hourInstructions
Have a look at the Learning Centre and go through the Verne Introduction. Read the overviews of the three main areas and then answer the questions about them:Registry Types
- Can you think of registries that you may have come across in the past and interacted with as a user – which one of the four registry types were they and what was the entity type they were managing?
- Which registry type do you think is the most common one for Foster Moore?
- Do you know what type you will be working on?
Verne Capabilities & Features
- Drill into the Verne Capabilities & Features Line Model page – review the Verne Product Line Model which lists the main Capabilities & Features that make up the Verne platform. Does the diagram make sense to you?
- What are the six main registry Capabilities & Features in the Verne Product Line?
- What is Magellan?
Verne Configuration
- What are the main elements of configuration related to a Business Service? Can you sketch out a diagram containing these?
- What is Magellan?
Overview of Registry Implementation Concepts
Duration: 1/2 hourInstructions
Go through the Overview of Verne to understand the high-level concepts behind how Verne as a platform is used to implement registry concepts. This will include the following:- Entity Type Model
- Capabilities & Features
- Templates
- How Verne Works
- Business Processes and Pattern Libraries – cover the six main business process patterns of a business register.
- Configuration Concepts – these are fundamental concepts to Verne and you will be hearing about these over and over again so it’s worth trying to understand as much about these as possible.
Questions to consider:
- What is the relationship between entity types and templates?
- Describe the differences between adapting, adopting and customising a standard business process pattern.
- Think about the lifecycle of an entity type (birth-life-cease-restore). Which of the service patterns fall into which phases of the lifecycle? Which patterns are missing?
Capabilities & Features making up the Verne Suite
Duration: 1/2 hourFrom the main page – Verne – navigate to the Capabilities & Features section. Understanding the different Capabilities & Features in the Verne Suite will help you to understand how we use Verne to meet a registry’s business requirements. Familiarise yourself with the different Capabilities & Features. Don’t worry if not everything is clear to begin with – Verne has a lot of capabilities!
Questions to consider:
- Which Capabilities & Features do you think you will be mostly working with?
- Which areas/functions under Capabilities & Features do you think require the most configuration?
- Which Capabilities & Features do you think might be the most complex? Why?
Exercise
Duration: 2 hours (optional)The aim of this exercise is to help you map the concepts discussed in the Products section to a real-life register example: Imagine a register for a school that stores details of its students and teachers. Considering the Products in Verne, come up with a high-level design/plan for this register, answering the following questions:
- What Registries template would be used for such a register?
- Which Products would be included in the implementation of this register?
- Which User Management functions will the register need?
- How would Work Spaces be utilised?
- What Registry Operations would the register require to be configured?
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