UML for the IT Business Analyst 2nd Edition

Description

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.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1 - Who Are IT Business Analysts?

Chapter 2 - The Business Analyst's Perspective on Object Orientation

Chapter 3 - Steps of B.O.O.M

Chapter 4 - Analyzing End-to-End Business Processes

Chapter 5 - Scoping the IT Project with System Use Cases

Chapter 6 - Storyboarding the User's Experience

Chapter 7 - Life Cycle Requirements for Key Business Objects

Chapter 8 - Gathering Across-the-Board Rules with Class Diagrams

Chapter 9 - Optimizing Consistency and Reuse in Requirements Documentation

Chapter 10 - Designing Test Cases and Completing the Project

Chapter 11 - What Developers Do with Your Requirements

Appendix A - The B.O.O.M Process

Appendix B - Business Requirements Document (BRD) Template

Appendix C - Business Requirements Document Example: CPP Case Study

Appendix D - Decision Table Template

Appendix E - Test Script Template

Appendix F - Glossary of Symbols

Appendix G - Glossary of Terms and Further Reading