Run Better Workshops

Remote Meetings Have Made Stakeholder Attention More Scarce Than Ever

A Step-By-Step Walkthrough Of Everything You Need To Boost Your Workshop Performace

This is a hands-on practical course that will teach you how to run better workshops, produce better models, faster, and with less effort.

How You’ll Benefit

1 • Run Better Workshops

The attention of your stakeholders will wander away during your workshop unless you have effective tactics to keep them fully engaged. This course teaches you proven ways of keeping your stakeholders engaged throughout your entire session to make sure you don’t miss important requirements during your sessions.

2 • Cut Down On Your Requirements Time

Wrestling with the intricacies of your modeling tool wastes time that could be better spent on building and refining your requirements & specifications. This course teaches you how to overcome the most common problems that business analysts face when modeling with MS Visio.

3 • Build Better Models

The quality of your visual models is directly affected by your mastery of the modeling tool you use. This course teaches you to how to harness the most commonly used operations in Visio to produce clear and crisp state models, and process flow diagrams.

10 Steps To Workshop Success

STEP 1 • CANVAS NAVIGATION

1 Lesson • 9 Hands-on exercises

Exercise 1A • Canvas Navigation
Exercise 1B • Canvas Navigation
Exercise 1C • Canvas Navigation
Exercise 1D • Canvas Navigation
Exercise 2 • Zoom In, Zoom Out
Exercise 3A • Combined Navigation and Zooming
Exercise 3B • Combined Navigation and Zooming
Exercise 3C • Combined Navigation and Zooming
Exercise 4 • Navigating a Project File In A Workshop Setting

STEP 2 • SHAPE SELECTION

1 LESSON • 4 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Exercise 1A • Practice Selecting Shapes
Exercise 1B • Practice Selecting Shapes
Exercise 1C • Practice Selecting Shapes
Exercise 1D • Practice Selecting Shapes

STEP 3 • SHAPE DUPLICATION

1 LESSON • 4 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Exercise 1A • Duplicating Shapes
Exercise 1B • Duplicating Shapes
Exercise 1C • Duplicating Shapes
Exercise 1D • Duplicating Shapes

STEP 4 • GROUPING & UNGROUPING

1 LESSON • 4 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Exercise 1A • Grouping & Ungrouping
Exercise 1B • Grouping & Ungrouping
Exercise 1C • Grouping & Ungrouping
Exercise 1D • Grouping & Ungrouping

STEP 5 • BULK SHAPE FORMATTING

1 LESSON • 3 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Exercise 1A • Bulk Shape Formatting
Exercise 1B • Bulk Shape Formatting
Exercise 1C • Bulk Shape Formatting

STEP 6 • LAYERING OF SHAPES

1 LESSON • 3 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Exercise 1A • Layering Of Shapes
Exercise 1B • Layering Of Shapes
Exercise 1C • Layering Of Shapes

STEP 7 • BUILD YOUR OWN MODELS

1 LESSON • 3 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Exercise 1A • State Model (basic)
Exercise 1B • State Model (fully dressed)
Exercise 1C • Process Map

STEP 8 • TIME CHALLENGES

1 LESSON • 3 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Time Challenge 1 • Create A Soliution Context Diagram
Time Challenge 2 • Create A State Machine Model
Time Challenge 3 • Create A Wireframe

STEP 9 • MORE MODELING PRACTICE

1 LESSON • 5 HANDS-ON EXERCISES

Additional Practice 1 • Sourcing And Ordering Process Map
Additional Practice 2 • Delivery And Receiving Process Map
Additional Practice 3 • Payment Process Map

STEP 10 • WORKSHOP PREP & EXECUTION

7 LESSON • 5 TEMPLATES

Do Your Homework
Choose Your Participants
Schedule The Workshop
Start Your Workshop
Facilitate Your Workshop
End Your Workshop
After The Workshop

Promote Your New Skills Online

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Learn From Experience

Your Instructor Is Experienced And Educated In Business Analysis

Emal Bariali

15+ Years Of Business Analysis Experience

Emal has spent the last 15+ years of his BA career helping organizations implement custom-built systems, COTS systems, and execute process improvement projects.

Masters Degree In Information Systems

Emal gained his own firm theoretical foundation in business analysis and enterprise systems by acquiring his Master’s degree in Information Systems.

This Course Is For You If

1 • You’re Responsible For Running Workshops

If you run workshops to elicit/elaborate requirements with your stakeholders, then this course will teach you how to run those workshops much more effectively using the most effective modeling techniques available in MS Visio.

2 • You Find Live Sessions Stressful

Performing in front of an audience can be a difficult task. The pressure of having to lead a conversation in such a setting can be offset with the confidence you gain in your ability to walk your stakeholders through the agenda that you’ve set out for your workshops.

3 • Your Stakeholders Are Less Engaged

If you find that your stakeholders lose their energy throughout your workshops and become less interested in your discussions during your sessions, this course will teach you how to keep them engaged and participating so you can get better results from the time you spend with them.

You Will Not Benefit If

1 • Your Company Prohibits MS Visio

What you learn in this course is not directly transferrable to other modeling tools such as LucidChart or SmartDraw. Because of this, you will gain very little benefit from taking this course if MS Visio is not allowed by your employer.

2 • You Don’t Ever Run Workshops

If you capable of easily completing your BA modeling work without the need for engaging your stakeholders, then this course will not benefit you.

3 • You Do Not Have The Time

This course contains a very rigorous exercise regimen that will require you to spend a large amount of time practicing the modeling techniques. The hands-on practical exercises are critical for your skills development. You will gain very little from this course if you plan to passively watch the course materials without carrying out the exercises.

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