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The seminar focuses on the concepts of process and data modeling skills and how to conduct effective modeling meetings and focus groups using these techniques. The workshop provides the JAD agendas, scripts and templates for implementing these modeling techniques. The workshop is designed to provide each participant with practical exercises for creating and interpreting process models and logical data models used for project scoping, requirements gathering, analysis and design specifically focusing on structured analysis and information engineering methods.
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Individuals planning to facilitate, manage or participate in the implementation of projects using Information Engineering and Structured Analysis techniques. Those who will find this of value are: Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Database Administrators, Systems Analysts, Technical Leads, Project Managers, Subject Matter Experts, Quality Assurance, System Architects and Developers. Project teams would benefit from an understanding of how the data and process models are created and how they are related to, and integrated with, other project deliverables.
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Business Analysis Modeling Skills Training Seminar - 3 Days
Business Analysis Modeling Skills
Description
The Business Analysis Training: Process & Data Modeling Skills focuses on how to build business models, define requirements and perform analysis for IT projects. The seminar provides business analysis modeling and JAD techniques needed for capturing the artifacts for Process Modeling: Context Diagram, Process Decomposition, Process Dependency, Process Matrix and Action Diagram. In addition, the seminar provides modeling skills and JAD techniques for capturing the artifacts for Logical Data Modeling: Entity Relationship Diagram, Business Rules, and Data Normalization. The seminar is broken into three parts: process modeling skills, logical data modeling skills and how to conduct facilitated sessions with supporting meeting agendas, scripts and templates. The seminar provides practical experience and case studies for building and interpreting these business analysis models.
Each participant receives a JAD Kit with agendas, scripts and templates for conducting meetings and focus groups, a Case Study and a Training Handbook. To schedule on-site training call (203) 322-1606 or e-mail us at wpierson@piersonapp.com.
Objectives
The objectives of the seminar are to:
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 | Provide an understanding of the process modeling and data modeling techniques, principles, terminology and concepts |
| Provide practical group exercises for building models and interpreting the Information Engineering and Structured Analysis process and data modeling techniques |
| Supply sample agendas, scripts and templates describing how to capture the JAD deliverables throughout the Discovery Phase |
| Simulate the modeling process by giving each seminar participant the opportunity to build the different business models and be critiqued by the instructor |
Seminar Content
Day 1
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Introduction |
| Overview of Business Analysis |
| Project Management for Data Modeling |
| Overview of Logical Data Modeling |
| Reading a Logical Data Model |
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Entity types, attribute types, relationships and business rules |
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Entity type key migration |
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Critical features of a fully refined logical data model |
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Case study exercise |
| Introduction to Building a Logical Data Model |
| Stage 1 - Project Initiation |
| Stage 2 - Entity Type Definition |
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Identifying and defining entity types |
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Case study exercise |
| Stage 3 - Relationship Type Definition |
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Identifying and defining relationships |
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Relationship matrices |
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Entity-level diagrams |
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Case study exercise |
Day 2
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Stage 4 - Key Attribute Type Definition |
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Defining key attributes |
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Redefining relationships |
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Identifying key attributes |
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Case study exercise |
| Stage 5 - Non-Key Attribute Type Definition |
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Identifying and defining non-key attributes |
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Producing a fully refined logical data model |
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Case study exercise |
| Facilitating for Logical Data Modeling |
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JAD approaches for data requirements gathering techniques |
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Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques for requirements meetings and focus groups |
| Introduction to Process Modeling |
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Objectives and modeling definitions |
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Process modeling techniques |
Building Context Diagrams |
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Identifying functions, external objects, and information views |
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Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques |
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Case study exercise for building context diagrams |
| Building Process Decomposition Diagrams |
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Objectives and definitions |
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Rules of decomposition to the elementary process |
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Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques |
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Case study exercise for building process decomposition diagrams |
Day 3
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| Building Process Flows and Data Flow Diagrams |
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Objectives, definitions, and types of dependencies |
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Identifying external objects, data stores, and information views |
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Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques |
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Case study exercise building the process flow and data flow diagrams using the context and decomposition diagrams |
| Building Matrices |
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Reading the process to entity type matrix |
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Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques |
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Case study exercise building a process to entity type matrix |
| Building Action Diagrams |
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Objectives, definitions, and terminology used |
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Writing structured english action diagrams |
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Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques |
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Case study exercise building the action diagram for a process |
| Additional Business Process Definition Techniques |
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Activity Diagram using UML |
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IDEFO - Activity Modeling |
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Process Mapping - Gap Analysis |
| Workshop Recap |
Instructor:
Joy E. Matthews is the cofounder and Vice President of Training and Consulting Services for Pierson Requirements Group, Inc. She is an Information Systems Specialist with expertise in implementing Rapid Application Development and Joint Application Development using many development tools. She is accomplished in business modeling and facilitation techniques. She has participated in all phases of Information Engineering systems development and Total Quality Management projects. She has successfully completed Business Process Re-engineering, Information Strategy Planning, Business Area Analysis, Functional Area Analysis and Business System Design projects for a number of organizations and is a certified facilitator. She is the author of the JAD Facilitation & Implementation Training Seminar, Process Modeling Skills and Data Modeling Skills Workshops. Joy also worked as a Principal Consultant at GE Consulting Services. Prior to working with General Electric, Ms. Matthews implemented and managed the JAD Department at Sony Corporation. Ms. Matthews was previously Vice President of Management and Product Development for Donovan Data Systems where she directed the development and implementation of software systems for Coca-Cola, Kraft, Heublein, AT&T and several major advertising agencies. She supported these clients as an instructor, analyst and project manager. She developed and conducted technical training programs for system installations and new product releases. Joy has a M.S. from C.W. Post College, L.I.U. |
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