Discussions Posted On: The Accidental Business Analyst

Yanic

Yanic — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:41:26 +0000

@m.b.a.
True, if there’s little communication or only a few parties involved you could get by without sequence diagrams. But if someone is aiming for ‘mastery in all the skills and competencies you need to be a great business analyst’ they can be a valuable artifact.

@b.a.u
I’m not sure why you’ve never come across Trace Modeler before, it is relatively new though.

Business Analyst User

Business Analyst User — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:31:09 +0000

I have been using sequence diagrams for a long time and I’ve never heard of your tool, what gives?

Modern Business Analyst

Modern Business Analyst — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:28:00 +0000

Yanic:

Sequence Diagrams are not always necessary for Business Analyst Processes ok?

Yanic

Yanic — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:54:25 +0000

I don’t see sequence diagrams mentioned in the outline? Lots of analysts use them to visualize interactions between different the parties in a business process.

Here’s a nice tool you might want to use during your course :
http://www.tracemodeler.com