Oracle Unified Method (OUM) - Level 3 Training (16 PD/CDUs)

This course is designed to provide an overview of gathering requirements using the Oracle Unified Method.  This course will demonstrate how business process models and use cases can make effective tools for the Business Analyst while gathering and defining requirements from the user perspective.  This course will teach you how to employ business process models and use cases to elicit requirements, at the business and system level.

This course employs an interactive case study. The case study provide students with the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience with developing various models and artifacts related to the techniques that OUM employs for gathering business and system requirements.

• Provide an overview of gathering requirements using the Oracle Unified Method (OUM).

• Demonstrate how uses cases and business process models are used to gather and define requirements.

• Show how to employ use cases and business process models to elicit requirements.

• Identify the key steps and work products associated with the OUM approach.

Course Introduction

• After completing this module you should understand the objectives of this course

Envision to Implement - Defining Implementation Projects

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe how IT projects are defined to support an organization's strategies and business requirements
• Discuss how OUM supports the entire lifecycle - from strategy definition through project execution
• Describe the relationship between OUM's Envision and Implement focus areas

OUM Implement Core Workflow

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe the OUM Implement Core Workflow
• Describe OUM's philosophy for "building up" the project workplan
• Understand the two sub-flows

Iteration Planning

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe the typical iteration structure of an OUM project
• Describe iterations groups and discuss how they can be used in planning iterations in OUM
• Have a better understanding of Iteration Planning in OUM

Objectives, Stakeholders, and Business Analysis

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Be able to perform Stakeholder Analysis
• Understand the importance of detailing the Business and System Objectives
• Have an initial understand of how to perform certain business analysis activities

Defining System Scope

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe the two aspects of  system scope - the system boundary and its contents
• Identify the primary OUM artifacts that are used to define system scope
• Define, identify, and draw the parts of a System Context Diagram

Modeling Business Processes

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Portray the function of business process models in the enterprise
• Describe how business process models are introduced into a project
• Characterize how future process models are used to support system scope

Developing the Domain Model

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Define the Domain Model
• Determine when you would use a Domain Model
• Describe the process for developing a Domain Model using a UML class diagram

Developing the Use Case Model

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe the purpose and value of use cases
• Recognize the key steps and work products associated with a OUM use case approach
• Develop System Use Case Diagram

Evaluate and Prioritize

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Evaluate use case risk, complexity, priority, and dependencies to group use cases together that are inter-dependent and focus resources on the use cases that are critical to success of the project
• Define the purpose of a use case package
• Describe how to organize use case packages

Write the Main Success Scenario

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe and complete the sections of a system use case description
• Write the steps of the Main Success Scenario for a use case

Write Other Scenarios

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Identify and develop alternate scenarios and flows
• Recognize the difference between basic, alternate, and exception flows
• Write an alternate scenario flow

Diagramming Use Cases

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Explain how a UML activity diagram supports a use case approach
• Utilize activity diagrams to graphically describe the flows through a use case

Using Advanced Diagramming

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Describe and diagram the following for use cases:
• <<include>> Associations
• <<extend>> Associations
• Generalization

Developing a Requirements Spec

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Recognize that business process models and use cases are requirements, but they are not all of the requirements
• Leverage other artifacts to develop a complete set of specifications for the system requirements

Supporting Quality Assurance

• After completing this module you should be able to:
• Apply Quality Assurance techniques to the definition, analysis and documentation of use cases
• Leverage best practices to ensure your use cases meet project quality objectives
• Transform process models or use cases into Test Scenarios

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