BCS Certificate in Systems Modelling Techniques (Structured)

Course

In London

£ 1,895 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

In order to communicate system requirements clearly and accurately to both business and IT stakeholders, it is vital for analysts and designers to be able to construct models from a variety of perspectives. In most cases these models will provide the basis for more detailed design.

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Location

Start date

London
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Clerks Court 18-20 Farringdon Lane Clerkenwell, EC1R 3AU

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On request

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Systems

Course programme

Systems Modelling

  • The need for modelling and modelling standards
  • Rationale for the selected approach
  • The approach and a Systems Development Lifecycle
  • Place of models within the Systems Development Lifecycle
  • Modelling the system from different perspectives
  • Interaction of the models
  • Validating and verifying models

Systems Modelling in Context

  • Monitoring analysis against business objectives and system requirements
  • The bridge to design, software package selection, and development

Modelling Functionality

  • Modelling processes using a data flow diagram
  • Elementary process descriptions
  • Types of data flow diagram

Static Modelling of Data

  • Entity Relationship diagrams - entity types, attributes, keys, relationships, super-types and sub-types
  • Supporting documentation

Dynamic Modelling

  • Analysing the behaviour of entities - events, enquiries, effects
  • Modelling the behaviour of entities - constructs for sequence, selection and iteration
  • Documenting navigation paths

Interaction of Models

  • Entity-Process Matrices (CRUD analysis)

The Need for Standard Techniques

  • Places business systems modelling in context within a project life-cycle
  • Types of model
  • Current and proposed business system modelling

Process Modelling using Dataflow Diagrams

  • The reasons for producing a business system process model
  • The principles behind the construction and use of DFDs
  • The benefits of using DFDs as a top-down, structured method of process modelling
  • Rules for construction; Supporting documentation

Static Modelling of Data using Entity/Relationship Diagrams

  • Entities/Relationships/Attributes
  • Developing logical data models
  • Drawing conventions

Dynamic Behaviour Modelling using Entity Lifecycles

  • Modelling the relationship between entities and processes (CRUD)
  • Modelling the behaviour of data entities in terms of their life-cycle
  • Identification of the valid alternative paths

User Interface Modelling

  • The construction of a simple user interface model (user conceptual model)

Reviews

  • Guidelines and approach for reviewing the models against the business objectives and system requirements for consistency and completeness
  • Use of Structured Walkthroughs for peer and business domain expert validation

Related Training Courses

  • BCS Certificate in Systems Development Essentials
  • Systems Modelling Techniques (UML)
  • BCS ISTQB Software Testing Foundation

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BCS Certificate in Systems Modelling Techniques (Structured)

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