Data Flow Diagrams

Data Flow Diagrams - the learning objectives of each Section are shown below.
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Introduction - Business modeling enables effective communication between staff
involved in the analysis and design of business processes. The modeling activity
produces diagrams which can form the basis of both new information systems design
and business process re-engineering.
Example Diagram from this Study Area
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Diagram Notation - This section explains the basic skills and knowledge needed to
draw these diagrams, their structures and notation standards. Topics covered
include: entities, data flows, processes, data stores and resource flows. Exercise 1 -
Guides the candidate through drawing a simple business process diagram for a
common business scenario. Context Diagrams - Introduces and then tests basic
knowledge and skills in producing simple context diagrams as a way of documenting
system boundaries. Exercise 2 - Shows the candidate how to draw a context
diagram for a simple business system. Exercise 3 - Guides the candidate through
the drawing of a context diagram for more complex business scenarios. Example
Diagrams from this Study Area
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Level 1 Diagrams - This section explains how to analyse and document the main
functional areas of the system under investigation, with reference to previously
drawn context diagrams. Resource Flow - Demonstrates how to identify, read and
draw resource flow diagrams; this technique is a particularly useful start point where
the business is concerned with the movement of physical goods or ‘resources’.
Organisation Structure - Another view of a system, process or organization is from
its functional perspective; this section teaches candidates to conduct this type of
analysis. Document Flow - An organization which makes extensive use of either
paper-based or computerised documentation can be examined from a document flow
perspective; this section teaches candidates to construct document flow diagrams.
Converting Document Flow - Explains the techniques used to convert the
document flow diagram into the various diagrammatic components that make up a
business process diagram. Exercise 4 - This exercise involves the drawing of a level
1 business process diagram using a context diagram and a document flow diagram;
a detailed on-line case study supports the exercise. Example Diagram from this
Study Area
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Simplifying Diagrams - It is easier to produce complex and incomprehensible
diagrams rather than simple but complete ones. This section explains how to simplify
business process diagrams so that they are genuinely useful to everyone involved.
Top Down Expansion - Having learned and practised the techniques for developing
high level diagrams, candidates now learn to conduct top down expansion, or
‘decomposition’. Exercise 5 - Candidates are guided through the process of drawing
a level 2 business process diagram by the top down expansion of an existing level 1
diagram; this exercise is also supported by a detailed on-line case study.
Elementary Processes - An elementary process is one which requires no further
analysis and this section teaches candidates how to identify and annotate elementary
processes. Checking Diagrams - Having created business process diagrams the
final and essential step is to check that they are meaningful, intelligible and
complete; this section explains how to examine and verify the entire business model.
Example Diagrams from this Study Area
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Case Studies - This course contains case studies which show you how to apply the
data flow diagramming skills you have learned to real business problems. These case
studies include: banking, retail, library and commercial vehicle hire.
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Glossary - The following technical terms are described in the glossary. Attribute,
Bottom Level, Boundary, Business Process Diagram, Business Process Model,
Candidate Key, Cardinality, Compound Key, Connection Trap, Context Diagram, Data
Flow, Data Group, Data Item, Data Store, Decomposition, Degree, Detail Entity,
Document Flow Diagram, Elementary Process, Entity, Entity Cross Reference, Entity
Description, Entity Key, Entity Life History, Entity Occurrence, Entity Type, Exclusive
Relationship, External Entity, Foreign Key, Function, Hierarchic Relationship, Informal
Identification, Key, Level 1 Diagram, Level 2 Diagram, Link Entity, Link Phrase,
Master Entity, Maximum Cardinality, Network Relationship, Optionality, Participation,
Physical Flow, Potential Entity, Preliminary Diagram, Primary Key, Process, Recursive
Relationship, Redundant Relationship, Relationship, Resource Flow, Supertype,
System Boundary.

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