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.
"I have just downloaded your new pack and just about to start going through it. It looks brilliant, so I am confident it is going to help me massively as modelling is a skill that I am constantly trying to develop."
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
