UML and BPMN

Overview
Traditional Business Process Analysis relied on notations such as data flow diagrams, flow charts, and IDEF 0. BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) is a modern notation that emphasises the identification of business events and the various business activities that are triggered in response to these events.
UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a widely used standard notation that can be used to describe and specify and model functional requirements. By aligning the UML based functional requirements with the corresponding BPMN models it is possible to ensure that the systems being specified fulfill the requirements of the business.
The course will cover

• BPMN - concepts and notation
• Approaches for creating accurate and effective business process models
• Use of BPMN to model business process details
• Construction of Business Entity Data Models
• UML Use Case Analysis for specifying functional requirements
• Techniques for mapping the business model to the system requirements model
• Approaches for model traceability from requirements to specifications

Course Benefits
This course provides the necessary understanding of both UML and BPMN needed to model and analyse business processes either for purposes of Business Process Reengineering or for developing well defined system requirements. Its goal is to provide a thorough technical coverage of BPMN (the new OMG business modeling standard) and UML so that these can be used by both Business and Systems Analysts to devise systems that really do align with business requirements.

Course Contents
Overview of Business Process Modeling Notation Overview of Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• Use cases
• Object Orientation and Class Diagrams

Overview of BPMN and UML in the context of requirements elicitation and specification Modeling Business Processes

• Key BPMN concepts and notation
• Processes and Sub-Processes
• Modeling Business Events and Outcomes
• Modeling Business Workers and their Roles

The Business Modeling Process

• Soft systems analysis as a starting point when dealing with very complex systems

Modeling Business Entities Basic concepts of Object-Orientation applied to the Business Domain.

• UML Class Diagrams and Instance Diagrams
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Relationships between classes and between objects

The Business Domain Model Business Domain Modeling Workshop

• Using course example case studies
• Applying them to your own appllications

Defining System Use Cases

• Essential concepts of Use Cases
• Techniques for specifying detailed
• Functional Requirements using Use Cases
• Templates for Use Case Specifications
• Use Case Specification Workshop - using course example case studies and then applying them to your own appllication

Mapping into System Requirements

• Business Process Models versus System Use Cases
• Mapping Actors and Use Cases
• Mapping Business Events and Process
• Mapping Business Workers
• Mapping the Business Entity Model
• Creating and Mapping 'Automated' Workers and Processes
• Mapping Workshop