Sparx Enterprise Architect for Business Analysts

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1 Course Description 3 day - expert led hands-on Discover surprising ways to save you time and improve team deliverables under the watchful eye of a proven expert. Experience hands-on modeling and learn how to use Enterprise Architect for your next project. Recently, our client said that our "Sparx EA for Business Analysts workshop had accelerated their project without sacrificing quality, resulting on substantial project savings". Our intensive "hands-on" workshop reveals the importance of developing business analysis skills. This course reveals how to use productivity tools like Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect coupled with pragmatic techniques adopted by industry leading experts and the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Business Analysis Book of Knowledge (BABOK 3) best practices. Successful Business modeling and Software Requirements management cuts to the very core of delivering successful business outcomes and quality technology solutions. Practice and learn by doing under the watchful eye of an expert master Business Analyst and proven Sparx EA expert. Objectives Practice developing an agile Business Requirements Definition (BRD) Business Analysis best practice techniques using the complimentary BIZBOK 4 EA Stencils Model and document an agile Business Requirements Definition (BRD) Trace Stakeholders to needs Determine instantly the impact of any change Model Business Strategy Model Capabilities Model Value Stream Model Process structure Model Information Architecture Generate the BRD Website Practice developing the agile Software Requirements Specification (SRS) Business Analysis best practice techniques using the complimentary BABOK 3 EA Stencils Practice modeling Business Processes using BPMN 2.0 Model and document Use Case stories Page 1 of 5

2 Practice Requirements Management and re-use requirements Model, analyze, document instantly trace requirements across the landscape Generate web, spreadsheet and word documents using reuse standard templates Lesson Plans Getting Started using Enterprise Architect 1. Loading your Course Case Study and EA software 2. Getting Started using a full life-cycle tool 3. Introductions 4. Understanding OMG UML modeling 5. Hands-on Workshop - What you will model, analyze, and generate 6. EDIT Search in Model 7. VIEW Project Browser, Traceability 8. PROJECT Auditing, Resources, Security, Settings 9. PACKAGE Documentation, Baselines, Code Generation 10. DIAGRAM Creating diagrams, Toolbox 11. ELEMENT Project Management, Testing, Maintenance 12. TOOLS Gap Analysis, Relationship Matrix, Options 13. ANALYZER Debug, Record 14. EXTENSIONS MDG Technologies 15. HELP Additional Resources Business Architect 1. Business Architecture best practices 2. Select reference models, catalogs, matrices, and diagrams 3. Business Transformation lessons learned 4. BRD - Business Requirements Definition 5. Problem Definition 6. Business Vision Statement 7. Stakeholder Concerns Analysis 8. Business Context 9. Capability model 10. Process Value Stream 11. Process Scope 12. Business Collaboration 13. Service model 14. Conceptual Information model 15. Capability to Conceptual Information matrix 16. Stakeholders Needs Analysis 17. Road Mapping 18. Generate BRD website for Stakeholder review Page 2 of 5

3 Business Analyst 1. Business Analysis best practices 2. SRS - Software Requirements Specification 3. Roles catalog 4. System Context 5. Process modeling using BPMN 2 6. Scope of Work 7. Use Case to Roles Matrix 8. Modeling Use Case stories 9. Writing a Use Case story 10. Screen Prototyping 11. Data Requirements 12. Functional Requirements 13. Business Rules 14. Logical Data model 15. Traceability and impact of change 16. Baseline Version Control 17. Generating Documentation 18. Peer Review Advanced EA Features 1. Document Tips 2. Import CSV documents 3. Traceability 4. Model Document Packages 5. Virtual Documents 6. Linked Documents 7. Document Generation Business Analyst Toolkit The provided INTEGRATED Toolkit saves your project weeks of time and reduce the project failure when deploying Sparx Enterprise Architect. Save time and immediately power up your practice during the course and your next project. Every participant receives the INTEGRATED Agile Team Toolkit for Sparx EA containing: Repository Help Screens revealing techniques and standards covered in the course and promoted by experts in the field, the International Institute of Business Analysts and the Business Architecture Guild The BABOK 3 and BIZBOK 4 Stencils makes Sparx easy to use Work Packages to generate the Business Requirements Document (BRD) into MS Office Tools Work Packages to generate the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) into MS Word, SharePoint or Web Page 3 of 5

4 Requirements Management catalog for knowledge sharing and reuse Reuse Matrices and Diagram Patterns MS Word, MS Excel reporting and documentation reuse Templates Productivity sharing and support on LinkedIn group EA The Business Analyst Toolkits provided by INTEGRATE it during the course saved twenty business analysts at our Fortune 10 Healthcare company many months of standards work and setup time, we began our critical project immediately after training. There isn t a week that goes by when I m not using one of the productivity tools to help solve problems, speed things or make my team more productive. Fiona Lindberg, CBAP McKesson Health Systems, Atlanta, GA Audience All students of Business Analysis Business Analysts Business Architects Enterprise Architects Software Engineers Project Managers QA Testing Analysts Certifications Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect - Certificate of Course Achievement Page 4 of 5

5 Testimonials Acceleration without sacrificing quality - Health Care Reform using Sparx EA Case Study Closing the Gap Dr Dobbs Interview featuring Ramsay Millar "Even though Enterprise Architect is an extremely powerful tool and more feature rich than all the competing products we have reviewed in our RFP, it is hard to apply it without proper mentorship and an agile unified process that unfolds a step by step example of doing a project." - Marc Ginns, Chief Enterprise Architect, Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC "It has been nearly impossible to figure out how to use Enterprise Architect to manage a real project. Integrate it involved the entire project team and we are saving time and producing quality requirements within one week" - Ray Nygren, Business Analyst, Maximus Workshop Leader Ramsay Millar, Integrate it is an active participant in Business Architecture practice, and standards worldwide. He contributes to the combined Business Architecture Guild and OMG Business Architecture committee, the Open Group TOGAF Committee, and is a strong supporter of the International Association of Business Analysts (BABOK). Ramsay has delivered hundreds of sessions to his satisfied clients. His interactive hands-on workshops are results oriented and focus on revealing to students best practices to real world challenges. Ramsay is a proven industry expert and effective mentor and trainer capable of transferring critical technical and people skills that will strongly improve your next project. Millar s Core Competencies with 25 years of success are: Enterprise Architect and Early TOGAF practitioner, TOGAF certified since 2008 A pioneer who has delivered TOGAF 9 Certification courses since 2009 across 30 organizations Setup EA Office and governance using the TOGAF Framework and EA repository tools for 12 organizations Business Architect since 1989 and well versed in BIZBOK and business modeling Business Analyst, Requirements Management, BACP, CMMI, IEEE and BABOK Project Manager with a history of many successful and very large scale projects since 1985 Full life cycle Software Development using Object Oriented Analysis and Design Modeling Frameworks & Tools expert since 1989 Professional trainer and independent consulting since 1997 Expert in project readiness, productivity and time saving techniques Pragmatic, results oriented and excellent people skills Page 5 of 5