Business Analysis
Business Analysis Modeling Essentials
A hands-on modeling workshop for business analysts who need to turn complexity into diagrams stakeholders can understand. Participants practice BPMN, UML, ERD, decision tables, and validation techniques in a tool-agnostic format.
- Format
- Live virtual, in-person, or private on-site
- Duration
- 2 days
- Level
- Practitioner
- From
- $1195.00
About this course
Course overview
Business Analysis Modeling Essentials is a 2-day course for professionals who need practical, instructor-led business analysis training.
A hands-on modeling workshop for business analysts who need to turn complexity into diagrams stakeholders can understand. Participants practice BPMN, UML, ERD, decision tables, and validation techniques in a tool-agnostic format.
This course documents 16.0 hours of structured training. Learners receive a certificate of completion and documentation for self-reporting applicable PMI PDUs and IIBA professional development activity.
Learning outcomes
What you'll learn
Every module is tied to an outcome you can bring back to your team the next day.
- Select the right notation for the decision, audience, and level of detail.
- Use BPMN 2.0, UML, ERD, and DMN with consistency.
- Build BPMN process diagrams with pools, lanes, gateways, and events.
- Create use cases, activity diagrams, and state machines that tie cleanly to user stories.
- Build entity-relationship diagrams, class diagrams, and data dictionaries.
- Use decision tables and DMN to remove ambiguity from business rules.
- Walk stakeholders through models and refine iteratively.
Audience
Who it's for
- Business analysts and professionals performing business analysis work
- Project managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery leads who rely on clear requirements and stakeholder alignment
- Teams that need practical business analysis techniques they can apply immediately
- Organizations standardizing business analysis practices across predictive, agile, or hybrid delivery
Course structure
Syllabus
A structured path from core concepts to applied practice.
Day 1 — Modeling Foundations, BPMN, and Behavioral Models
- The purpose of models in business analysis work
- Choosing BPMN, UML, and plain-language flow techniques
- Levels of abstraction: as-is, to-be, and gap
- BPMN pools, lanes, tasks, gateways, and events
- Use case diagrams and narratives
- Activity diagrams, state machines, and user stories
Day 2 — Data, Decisions, Rules, and Stakeholder Validation
- Entity-relationship diagrams
- Class diagrams for business concepts
- Data dictionaries and glossaries
- Decision tables and DMN basics
- Capturing business rules without ambiguity
- Model-driven stakeholder validation
Public cohorts
Upcoming sessions
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We run this course as a private team cohort on demand, or you can be the first to know when the next public date drops.
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