How to Use

Microsoft Visio 2010

for Business Analysis
First Last Name | Company
Title
Month, day, year
Business Analysis Summary
Analyze and
specify requirements.
UML models
Static structure
Use case
Sequence
Collaboration
State chart
Activity
Create a UML Diagram
Open a Microsoft

Visio

2010 template.
1. On the ribbon,
click the File tab,
and then click New.
2. Click Software and Database,
and then click
UML Model Diagram.
Visio 2010
File screen
Create a UML Diagram
Visio 2010
New File
screen
Quick Shapes
Use Quick Shapes to quickly find and construct drawings.
Model a System in Model Explorer
Open the Visio template.
1. On the ribbon,
click the File tab,
and then click New.
2. Click Software and Database,
and then click
UML Model Diagram.
Name the system.
Select the system (root node).
Select and edit the text.
Or
Right-click Rename.
Or
Right-click Properties.
Model a System in Model Explorer
Create models.
1. On the ribbon,
click the UML tab,
and then click Models.
2. Edit the model list.
Or
2. Click New to type additional
model names.
Use case
Domain
Design
Implementation
Choose between Static
and Dynamic.
Model a System in Model Explorer
Add entities to the top package.
1. In the Model Explorer window, right-click Package, and then click New.
2. Begin defining logical entities or add a diagram.
Create a Use Case Diagram
Right-click the package.
1. Click New, and then click
Use Case Diagram.
2. Create Use Case Entities.
3. Drag shapes onto page.
System boundary
Actor
Use case
Package
Create a Use Case Diagram
Define associations.
Drag association shape onto page.
Communicates
Extends
Uses
Glue endpoints to entities.
Create a Use Case Diagram
Set display options.
1. Right-click the shape to open
the Shape Display Options
dialog box.
2. Select or deselect the options.
Suppress means to hide the
selected option
3. Select the Apply to
subsequently dropped
UML shapes of the same
type in the current drawing
window page check box.
Create a Use Case Diagram
Edit association properties.
1. Double-click an association.
2. Define the association ends.
3. Define multiplicity.
Use the Properties Editor for all
elements in the drawing.
Create a Use Case Diagram
Annotate with notes
and constraints.
Drag the note or constraint
onto the page.
Double-click the note or
constraint to edit properties.
Associate the note or constraint
with entities.
Drag control handle to
entity shape.
Note or constraint appears in
entities properties.
Create a Detail Diagram
1. Right-click the following shapes
to open the Import UML
Diagrams dialog box:
Class
Use case
Package
Subsystem
2. In the UML Diagram dialog
box, click New.
3. Type the name of the diagram,
and then select the type of
diagram.
4. Click Views to see all views
containing the entity.
Result: Consolidated System Model
Show all model
diagrams in
one file.
Simplify
Share
Share diagrams using
Visio Services for
Microsoft

SharePoint

.
Connect graphics with
model information.
Data Connected
Diagram
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