Unified Modelling Language (UML) For Business Analysts

Product Description

In this course you will learn how to model business requirements, business processes & proposed business systems conceptual solutions using the Unified Modelling Language (UML). The course will cover how to create & use:

• Case diagrams
• Business activity diagrams
• Business domain class diagrams
• Interaction diagrams such as sequence & communication diagrams.

These UML artefacts will be positioned within a Systems Development Life Cycle framework using the Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology.

The (RUP) is used as a framework for this course, but if your organisation follows other methodologies you will not be disadvantaged; RUP is used to position the UML artefacts rather than being essential for application of course material.

Artefacts that are of particular interest to the business analyst such as business use cases & scenarios, business domain class diagrams & business activity diagrams are taught in some depth. Other artefacts that start to have a greater emphasis on design such as interaction diagrams (sequence & collaboration/communication), & state machine diagrams are also briefly introduced.

While the course introduces MS Visio as a sample tool that can be used in the documentation of the UML artefacts, exercises will be performed without the tools to encourage a focus on learning UML rather than learning one specific tool. Some of the non-UML responsibilities of a business analyst (e.g. capturing vision statements, elicitation of business priorities, managing scope, & capturing "non-functional" requirements) are also outlined to place them in context with the UML deliverables.

This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.