Price
Course fee - Member: £637.50 + VAT
Course fee - non-Member: £750 + VAT
Exam fee: £105 + VAT (exam is optional)
Includes lunch and course materials.

In-company training only. Please call 0161 242 2121 for details.

Overview
Explaining the use of system development methods and the advantages of a structured approach to systems development, this course will also describe how such an approach fits into the lifecycle of a development project. Alternative ways of modelling business processes, static views of data or objects and system behaviour are also covered.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Justify the use of a defined systems method
• Demonstrate an ability to use the techniques
• Explain the lifecycle of a project using the method

Optional Examination
An optional examination can be taken at venues across the UK. The exam consists of 15 minutes reading time followed by a one-hour 'open book' written examination . Based upon a single scenario, it requires the candidate to produce models or diagrams as prescribed by the chosen method. The examination is charged for separately. Please contact NCC for the latest details on exam fees, dates and venues. Successful candidates are awarded the:

ISEB Business Systems Development Certificate in Analysis & Design Techniques

and earn 1 'credit' towards achieving an ISEB Business Systems Development Diploma.

Syllabus Overview

Project Lifecycles and Rationale Overview

• Review of Major Systems Development Lifecycles
• Stages and Products of System Development Lifecycles
• Approaches to providing detailed SDLC products (e.g. textual descriptions, prototypes, diagrammatic models)
• Different modelling views of a system (e.g. static data, behaviour process, user centred)
• Business Process Modelling Techniques

The purpose of Process Modelling

• Alternative ways of modelling process (e.g. Data Flow Diagrams, Process Hierarchies, Process Dependency Diagrams, Event Modelling)
• Syntax and Semantics of static models (using one of the above approaches)
• Static Models of Data or Objects

The purpose of static data modelling; (top down versus bottom-up modelling)

• Alternative ways of modelling static data and objects / classes (e.g. Logical data modelling, ERA Modelling, Class Models)
• Syntax and semantics of static models (using one of the above approaches)

Concepts of Behaviour Modelling

• The purpose of behaviour (or dynamic) modelling
• Alternative ways of modelling behaviour (e.g. Entity Life Histories, Entity Lifecycles)
• State (transition) Diagrams