Who Should Attend: Business analysts, systems analysts, technical analysts, project managers, and subject matter experts who need to document and communicate requirements using models and use cases.
Prerequisites: Completion of Ratio’s Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis program, at least six months of practical business analysis experience, and familiarity with software systems analysis, design, and implementation.
In-Person
Online
Competencies Covered
Elicitation & Collaboration
Confirming elicitation results
Requirements Life Cycle Management
Tracing and maintaining requirements
Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
Specifying, modeling, verifying, and validating requirements
Course Outline Summary
The Building Blocks
Understanding the role of modeling in requirements
Ensuring requirements traceability
Business Modeling
Exploring object orientation and its benefits
Developing business use cases
Identifying assumptions and constraints
Classes & Objects
Understanding key object-oriented elements
Creating a class diagram and data dictionary
Applying best practices in object-oriented modeling
Behavioral Modeling
Developing activity diagrams to capture system behavior
Use Cases
Understanding the purpose and structure of use cases
Creating use case diagrams and textual use cases
Data Modeling
Building conceptual and logical data models
Applying normalization techniques to optimize data structure
Value-Added Modeling
Prioritizing and reusing requirements for efficiency
Selecting the most appropriate modeling approach for the project
This advanced workshop provides business analysts with the essential tools and techniques to model, analyze, and manage complex requirements with confidence.
