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UML For The IT Business Analyst

Howard Podeswa

Course Technology PTR

June 2009

Paperback, 400 pages

ISBN: 1598638688

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On-Site and On-Line Training Courses for Business Analysts

All About Use Cases
How to Analyze and Improve Business Processes
How to Build Business Process Models
How to Elicit (Gather), Write, and Analyze Business Requirements
How to Elicit Business System Requirements
How to Initiate Requirements Gathering with User Stories
How to Manage Changing Requirements
How to Model, Analyze, and Improve Business Data
How to Model, Analyze, and Improve Business Processes
How to Plan, Prepare, and Manage Acceptance Testing
How to Prepare and Facilitate Productive JRP-JAD Sessions
How to Test an Application using Business Requirements
How to Write Effective Business Requirements
Writing Effective Business Requirement Statements

Today, information–technology business analysts are often working on object–oriented (OO), Unified Modeling Language (UML) projects, yet they have a long way to go to exploit the technology beyond the adoption of use cases (just one part of the UML). This book explains how, as an IT business analyst, you can pull together all of the UML tools and fully utilize them during your IT project. Rather than approaching this topic theoretically, you will actually learn by doing: A case study takes you through the entire book, helping you to develop and validate the requirements for an IT system step by step. Whether you are a new IT business analyst; an experienced analyst, but new to the UML; a developer who is interested in expanding your role to encompass IT business–analysis activities; or any other professional tasked with requirements gathering or the modeling of the business domain on a project, you‘ll be trained and mentored to work efficiently on UML projects in an easy–to–understand and visual manner. This new edition has been completely updated for UML 2.2, and includes coverage of all the relevant new BABOK 2 knowledge areas. The new edition also covers various lifecycle approaches (non–empirical, empirical, waterfall, iterative, and agile) and their impact on the way project steps are carried out.

New Features< br />

This new edition has been fully revised to include the new elements of BABOK 2 (Business Analyst Book of Knowledge 2) and UML 2.1.2.
Includes a set of ROSE files for optional use with the hands–on project. If the ROSE files are used, the reader will learn to use this tool to effectively document user requirements and business rules.
Cuts to the point and covers only what the Business Analyst needs to know to effectively use object–oriented technology.
Assumes no prior knowledge of business analysis, IT, or object–orientation.
Written for the beginner Business Analyst or Business Analyst student who wants to learn the skills necessary to perform their role on an object–oriented project.
Skills are presented in a clear, step–by–step, hands–on style using a real–world case study in order to teach the procedure for applying object–orientation and UML during business analysis.

About the Author:

Howard Podeswa

The author is a sought–after speaker at Business Analysis conference – most recently BA World San Francisco and Vancouver. He plays a leading role in the industry (Business Analysis), as designer of BA training programs for a number of large training institutions (Boston University, TriOS, Humber College, etc.), Subject Matter Expert for the NITAS BA program (co–sponsored by US Dept. of Labor and CompTIA), and reviewer of the profession‘s standard book of best practices (the BABOK, owned by the International Institute of Business Analysis). Podeswa, through his role as Director for Noble Inc., has provided BA services internationally to a diverse client base, including the Canadian military (MASIS), the U.S. nuclear industry and the insurance and finance sectors.

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