September 23, 2008

Domain modeling: How can it boost your business analysis powers?

Topic Overview

The typical “system shall” list of requirements is long, unwieldy, disorganized, incomplete, inconsistent and incorrect.  Savvy business analysts know that – even if they must keep a pro forma “system shall” list – their analysis ability is greatly enhanced by using a domain model.  Not only does this model record requirements more concisely and verifiably, it actually assists the business analyst in eliciting the real business requirements in the first place.  This talk will show what a good domain model can do for your business analysis skills and productivity.

Key Learning Objectives:

At the end of the talk you will:

• Understand the basics of the domain model.
• Know how to use the domain model to record certain kinds of business rules and requirements.
• See how the domain model can trace back to a standard requirements list, if necessary.
• Appreciate the domain model’s benefits for the business analyst.

Presenter:

Meilir Page-Jones is the award-winning author of Practical Project Management (1985), The Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design (1988), What Every Programmer Should Know About Object-Oriented Design (1995), and Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML (1999), as well as numerous articles on software development and management. Meilir works as president and senior methodologist at Wayland Systems Inc. and is a consultant to Construx Software.

Agenda:

• 6:00 PM - Networking
• 6:20 PM - Presentation
• 8:00 PM – Adjourn

Location:

Bellevue Community College,

Building NWCET, Room N201

Directions & Map

Meeting open to IIBA Members and Non-Members!