Using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect for Business Modelling

Requirements Management

• Classifying and organising requirements including creating types of Requirements such as Business Rules
• Describing requirements, including customising requirements with Tagged Values
• Importing and “round-tripping” requirements using Excel and CSV files

Use Case Modelling in Enterprise Architect

• Structuring the Repository for Use Case Modelling to conform to best practices
• Modelling using Abstraction and Composite Elements
• Creating Use Case Diagrams
• Capturing Use Case Details including:
  • Pre and post conditions
  • Descriptions
  • Structured Scenarios
  • Creating and managing traceability between Use Cases, Use Case Scenarios and Requirements

Business Process Modelling in Enterprise Architect

• How BPMN 2.0 Business Process Models are created and managed in Enterprise Architect with particular emphasis on the use of libraries of re-useable elements such as Pools, Lanes and Activities
• Use of BPMN 2.0 tagged values to maintain traceability between elements
• Creating BPMN 2.0 Collaboration and Process Diagrams and how abstraction is used to link the levels of BPMN 2.0

Data Modelling using UML Class Diagrams

• Classes and objects compared
• Attributes and data types
• Associations, multiplicities and roles
• Aggregations and compositions
• Generalisations
• Class diagram options in Enterprise Architect
• Using diagrams in Enterprise Architect in multiple views