Online Training

What will I learn?

Upon completion of this online Sparx Enterprise Architect training you will have gained a practical knowledge of the Unified Modelling Language and Enterprise Architect. This will allow you to immediately start working on projects using UML and Enterprise Architect.

Course Content

Introduction to UML

• Brief introduction covering what the UML is including diagram types and very brief history

Introduction to EA

• What is EA
• EA Architecture
• A look at the object browser and how models are structured using views and packages
• Diagramming techniques
• EA Options menu
• EA Settings menu
• How to search the model
• Focus is on getting new users to a point where they are familiar with how to use the tool and where to find certain features; also trying to instil best practice early on such as using package diagrams to structure views and reuse of elements in the model.

Use Cases

• How to draw the Use Case diagram
• Identification of use cases and actors
• Discussion on application within iterative development methodologies
• Specification of Use Cases (Basic Flow, Alternate Flows, Exception Flows) using text
• Common issues and their solutions

Requirements modelling and tracing in EA

• Internal and External requirements in EA
• How to draw the custom diagram for requirements in EA
• Realising and tracing requirements
• Change management using requirements diagrams
• Importing and Exporting requirements

Activity diagram

• How to draw Activity diagrams
• Look at how to document use case specifications diagrammatically with activity diagrams and the benefits it brings
• Look at business process modelling using activity diagrams and the advantage of using structured activities

Class Diagram

• Discuss classes and objects
• How to draw class diagrams
• Differences between domain modelling and implementation modelling
• Object diagram

Sequence Diagram

• Discuss differences between using sequence diagrams for analysis or design
• How to draw sequence diagrams

Business Modelling

• A look at the difference between business modelling using UML and business process modelling using BPMN
• Discuss what business modelling entails and which diagrams to use where
• An overview of BPMN

Related Online Courses

• Introduction to ArchiMate
• Enterprise Architecture Modelling with Enterprise Architect and ArchiMate
• Introduction to UML
• Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect; the Practicalities
• Reporting with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
• UML with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect for Beginners
• Business Process Modelling with BPMN and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
• SysML made practical using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect