Microsoft® Office Visio® Professional 2007 for IT

How to Use Visio forBusiness Analysis

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Business Analysis Summary

Analyze and specify requirements UML models

Static structure Use case Sequence Collaboration Statechart Activity

Model a System in Model Explorer

Open Visio template (Menu) File – New – Software and Database –

UML Model Diagram

Name system Select system (root node) Click text and edit

Or Right – click - Rename

Or Right-click / double click - Properties

Model a System in Model Explorer

Create models (Menu) UML – Models…

Or (Right-click system)

Models… Edit model list

Use case – domain – design – implementation Static - dynamic

Model a System in Model Explorer

Add entities to top package (Right-Click package) New > Begin defining logical entities

or add diagram

Create a Use Case Diagram

(Right-click package) New > Use Case Diagram

Create Use Case Entities Drag shapes onto page

System boundary Actor Use case Package

Create a Use Case Diagram

Define associations Drag association

shape onto page Communicates Extends Uses

Glue endpoints to entities

Create a Use Case Diagram

Set display options (Right click shape)

Shape Display Options… Select/deselect options Suppress = hide Apply to subsequent

dropped shapes

Create a Use Case Diagram

Edit association properties Double-click Define

association ends Multiplicity

Property editor for all drawing elements

Create a Use Case Diagram

Annotate with notes and constraints Drop Note or Constraint onto page Double-click to edit properties Associate with entities

Drag control handle to entity shape

Constraint appears in entities’ properties

Right-click shape - Diagrams… Class Use Case Package Subsystem

New… Name diagram and select type Views… lists all views containing entity

Create a Detail Diagram

Result: Consolidated System Model

All model diagrams in one document

View properties, documentation, and object hierarchy alongside diagram