Speed Up Your Requirements Process with Visual Models

From UML Diagrams to Whiteboard Drawings... 22 Real-World Swipe Files From the Working Files of a BA

If you want to speed up the requirements process on your projects (and get stakeholders more open and willing to talk to you), one of the best skills you can acquire is the ability to quickly create visual models.

When you download the Visual Model Sample Pack today, you'll receive 22 real-world visual samples that cover everything from UML diagrams to whiteboard drawings, so you can easily incorporate more visuals into your requirements process, and get the process moving faster.

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– Tom James

Learn the ins and outs of visual modeling

Along with each of the 22 real-world samples, you’ll receive context so you'll learn what the model is, when to use it, and how to create it...simply and easily.

Accompanying each sample is one or more native format swipe files so you can get started quickly and easily. These files are in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Balsamiq. To create your visual model simply open the swipe file in the appropriate software application, start editing, and save your work. You’ll save time hunting for the right elements for your models because you won’t be starting from scratch.

While the swipe files will save you time, you'll also receive a document teaching you how to use the swipe file to improve and formalize your BA practices. This includes:

  • Why the model was created, and the situations in which you will want to use the model to speed up your requirements process.
  • How the model was presented to stakeholders, so you'll know how to engage stakeholders to get better requirements input using visuals models.
  • Who reviewed the model, and what type of input was needed, so you'll apply the model at the right time, and not waste effort.
  • How the model aligns with the terminology and techniques in the BABOK® Guide, so you'll learn exactly how to align your work experience with formal industry standards.
  • How to create the model, with a step-by-step approach you can use to create your own to do this quickly and easily, without wasting time on overly formal standards that don't generate immediate value on your project work.

And because even simple models can surface complex issues that can stop you in your tracks if you don’t expect them, each sample also includes an explanation of the most common issues analysts face when creating this type of model along with time-tested ways to work around those issues.

Let's look at how you can use these 22 visual models to be a better business analyst

Activity Diagram – Analyze a complex process to deliver a desired outcome.

Business Domain Model – Clear up conceptual understandings about key terms and information.

Competitive Comparison Matrix – PowerPoint slide to benchmark your offering against competitors.

Data Flow Diagram How information flows into, through, and out of a system, in both Yourdon and Gane-Sarson notations.

Data Matrix – Ensure the database design captures the right business information.

Evaluation Criteria and Recommendation Summary – Clarify your options and decision-making process.

Feature Brainstorming Mind Map – Start to clarify scope by capturing ideas, concerns, and benefits.

Feature Matrix Manage your BA work more effectively with this tracking matrix.

Feature Prioritization and Stakeholder Matrix – Identify and reconcile competing priorities.

Feature Roadmap Paint a picture of the impact of program investments in this PowerPoint slide.

Navigation Map See the big picture perspective of how the user interface flows.

Organizational Chart – Identify who is responsible for what and how the organization is organized.

Performance Report Create organizational learning from an initiative by evaluating the results.

Process Flow Diagram Show how work gets done, both in an informal workflow diagram and BPMN (Business Modeling Notation) example.

Process Improvement Progress Report – PowerPoint slide showing the impact of continuous improvement efforts.

Scope Model Simply show what's "in" and "out" of scope.

Stakeholder Map Clarify who is responsible for what on a project.

SWOT Analysis and Opportunity Analysis – Clear the air for decision-making and then evaluate opportunities.

System Architecture Diagram – Discover system integration requirements and how the parts of the system interact to deliver value to the business.

System Context Diagram Model system integration points and information flow.

Use Case Diagram See the big picture of actors, use cases, and the relationships between them.

User Interface Wireframe Receive valuable stakeholder feedback by eliciting a "yes, but" response.

Let's take a quick look at everything you are about to receive

Once you download your copy of the Visual Model Sample Pack, you’ll have everything you need to include faster and more effective visuals into your requirements process – samples to work from, contexts to apply, and a step-by-step set of instructions for creating each visual model.

When you download the Visual Model Sample Pack today, you'll receive:

  • A Visual Modeling Guidebook walking you through how to use visual models to speed up your requirements process.
  • An alphabetized index of 100+ visual modeling terms so you can find the exact model you are looking for.
  • 22 real-world visual model examples, including native-format swipe files + a comprehensive document teaching you the why, what, and how of creating the model as well as, where appropriate, alternative versions of the model in formalized notations.

I’m confident you’ll find the Pack helps you feel more self-assured about creating visual models, even if you don’t have fancy tools or the time to learn formal notations.

Download the Visual Model Sample Pack for Only $97 Today

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