REQUIREMENTS MODELLING:
How to Use Models for Requirements Gathering and Systems Analysis

2 Day Seminar and Workshop

"For the first time, modelling appears to me to be a tool, not a burden."
Lew Mullen, Schlumberger

"Cannot fault. Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, good delivery."
Stefan Milik, Business Analyst, TXU Europe

"Excellent, plenty of food for thought."
Corrine Thomas, Senior Systems Developer, Vodafone

"A most enjoyable course - encouraging to share ideas with others."
Jane Atkinson, Requirements Manager, Benefits Agency

"Well structured, well presented – excellent!"
David Poole, Business Analyst, Xperion Business Solutions

"Fantastic week – enjoyed it a lot, interesting people and ‘international’."
Kerstin Fleinert, Business Analyst, Standard Life

Our systems are a composite of process and data. The processes manipulate the data according to our business rules, and the stored data remembers the state of that data until it is needed again. By modelling the process in conjunction with our stakeholders, we get a clear and accurate representation of what is needed. In the same way, modelling the data gives us a precise statement of what data we need for our databases.

Building models of our systems firstly helps us to elicit and understand what is required – the requirements – and then to prove the correct working of those requirements.

• Business Analysts
• Systems Analysts
• Systems Developers
• Software Developers
• Software Engineers
• Project Managers
• Requirements Manager
• Consultants
• Product Managers
• Users and Software Customers

• How to use requirements models to prove the required functionality
• How to elicit requirements using models
• How to add rigor to your requirements
• How to understand your customer's requirements using models

• Requirements Models
  • The craft of modelling requirements
  • How models are used with the client
• The Context
  • Get the right scope for the product
  • The work area and how it relates to the adjacent systems
• Business Event Partitioning
  • How to use business events
  • Partition the work into business use cases
• Process Modelling
  • Discovering the functionality of the system
  • The essence reveals the true system
• Data Modelling
  • What a system remembers
  • Modelling the stored data
  • The affinity between process and data
• State Models
  • Behaviour of the system
  • How business events change states
• Modelling the Product
  • Beyond the requirements
  • UML models to design the product

Special Features

• This seminar includes frequent exercises and opportunities to apply the illustrated techniques. Work with the instructor to build models and discover the real needs of the business. Also learn to evaluate when each of the models is useful, and what degree of detail is necessary.
• All attendees get a free copy of James & Suzanne Robertson’s Complete Systems Analysis.

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