Business Analysis Modeling Essentials
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This course presents several common models to help you elicit and analyze requirements. You will practice analyzing, modeling, and reviewing the requirements as you work through an engaging case study. You will also learn and practice industry-standard modeling notation for each model. The models in this class follow the concurrent modeling framework, emphasizing process, data, interaction, and interface requirements. This simple framework will help you develop a quicker and more complete set of requirements.
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$1,195.00
Sep 08 - Sep 09, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago- VILT
This course has been approved for 14 PDUs | 14 CDUs
Common Modeling Techniques Used by Business Analysts
- Scope Diagram
- Business Process Modeling
- Entity-Relationship Diagram
- Use Case Diagram
- Paper Prototype
Scope Diagram
Create a scope diagram to facilitate in-scope and out-of-scope discussions.
Business Process Modeling
Model business processes, creating “as-is” and “to-be” process maps.
Entity-Relationship Diagram
Develop a basic Entity-Relationship Diagram to model data requirements.
Use Case Diagram
Provide a narrative and produce a use case diagram to map out the various paths an actor may take to use the software.
Paper Prototype
Implement a Paper Prototype to document interface requirements.
Who should attend Business Analysis Modeling Essentials Course
This Course Overview
This course is for anyone who needs to know how to create the basic models most often used in software development and process improvement efforts. Participants in the course will learn the notation to create:
- Scope model
- Process model
- Data model
- Use case diagram and narrative
- Interface prototype
Prerequisites for Business Analysis Modeling Essentials Course
Business Analysis Modeling Essentials Course Outline
- Modeling defined
- Benefits of modeling
- Concurrent Solution Modeling Framework
- Introduction to common models
- Business, Project and Requirements Context
- Requirement classifications reviewed
- Process modeling overview
- Prepare for a modeling session
- Techniques to help modeling sessions stay focused
- Create a scope diagram
- Primary and alternative paths
- Basic process mapping notation
- Swimlanes and process map
- Create a process map
- Data model overview
- Eight-step modeling process
- Data model notations
- Define data terms & create a data model
- Use case model overview
- Use case notation
- Create a use case diagram
- Document a use case narrative
- Prototype overview
- UI planning
- Create paper prototype
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FAQs on Business Analysis Modeling Essentials
This course is designed for anyone who needs to create foundational models used in software development and process improvement efforts, including business analysts, project team members, and stakeholders involved in requirements gathering.
Participants should have experience working on at least one software application project. No technical background is required, though familiarity with applications development is helpful.
You will learn to create five core models: a scope diagram, business process maps (as-is and to-be), an entity-relationship diagram, a use case diagram with narrative, and a paper prototype for interface requirements.
The course aims to teach common modeling techniques used by business analysts, enabling participants to define project scope, map business processes, model data requirements, diagram use cases, and prototype user interfaces.
The course covers requirements modeling overview, preparing for process modeling sessions, creating process maps, data modeling, use case diagrams and narratives, and user interface prototyping.