Manufacturer's Description
This range of BVG multimedia training courses will give you the practical skills needed to succeed in today fast moving business world. Each course is a comprehensive and self-contained interactive learning environment that will rapidly equip you with a lifelong career skill. These courses take less than a minute to install and will run on any multimedia PC. Each course is packed with interactive multimedia exercises, case studies and questions to make the learning experience enjoyable and ensure that all of the key messages are understood and remembered.
You will learn how to:
Apply industry standard technique of business modelling and data modelling.
Design robust, reliable and relevant systems that meet the needs of your users.
Identify opportunities and problem areas within a business environment.
Model and assess the impact of any proposed changes to a business system.
Optimise the storage and processing of information within a business system.MODULE 1: Business Modelling
Study Area 1--Introduction: Business Modelling provides a foundation for designing new business processes and business process re-engineering. This course will enable you to communicate effectively with all those involved in the analysis and design of business processes
Study Area 2--Modelling Simple Scenarios Diagram Notation - Content Diagrams - Exercises 1, 2 & 3.
Study Area 3--Conducting the Analysis Level 1 Diagrams - Resource Flow - Organisation Structure - Document Flow - Exercise 4.
Study Area 4--Refining the Model Top Down Expansion - Exercise 5 - Elementary Processes - Checking Diagrams.MODULE 2: Data Modelling
Study Area 1--Introduction: Data modelling enables you to optimise the way that information is stored and retrieved within a business environment. The course will enable you to create data models that depict an existing, or planned, business environment.
Study Area 2--Entries and relationships Entries - Identification Guidelines - Entry Keys - Entry Descriptions - Relationships - Identifying Relationships.
Study Area 3--Modelling Complex Relationships Resolving M:M Relationships - Resolving 1:1 Relationships - Multiple Relationships.
Study Area 4--Building the Data Model Entry Cross Referencing - Informal Relationship Identification - Drawing the Preliminary Model - Refining the Preliminary Model.
Study Area 5--Advanced Exercises Exercise 1: This interactive exercise applies all of the concepts and techniques learned on the course to a straightforward business scenario. Exercise 2: Introduces more advanced data modelling techniques, including 'connection traps'. This exercise uses a more complex business environment.This in-depth course is equivalent in scope to a three-day instructor led course.