Course Description

This tutorial teaches you how to analyze the Information/Data aspects of any business, large or small.

This is an introductory technical course for anyone wanting to understand how to analyze the information/data aspects of an organization. The subject matter is an essential part creating a quality business or any Business Improvement effort.

This is an Introductory Tutorial intended to give you a good knowledge of Information Analysis concepts and a reading knowledge of the Information Analysis effort result, which is a business Information Analysis Specification containing a Data Model such as an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) and supporting specifications for Entities, Relationships and Data Elements.

Even though this is an introductory tutorial that can be used to analyze any size organization, there’s enough information in this course to create an Information Model and support specifications for a business.

The course uses pictures, graphics both static and animated, with voice over to show the various real world examples.

There are no prerequisites for this material.

President and CEO of Logical Conclusions

Brian Dickinson

Brian Dickinson’s Biography Brian Dickinson is President of Logical Conclusions, Inc., a training and consulting company specializing in how to create a Customer Focused, Event-Driven organization. For over three decades he has assisted Business Process Management/Improvement and Re-engineering projects at many major corporations and government agencies. Brian is the creator of numerous videos and educational tutorials on how to create the definitive efficient business structure for any organization. He also conducts business user and technical workshop seminars as well as gives talks at many Business Process/Information Resource conferences such as: conducting keynote and featured speeches at universities, ProjectWorld, GIGA Business Process & Workflow International and Workflow & Re-Engineering International Association (WARIA). He has also given talks at DCI/Shared Insights and Enterprise Architecture and Business Process Management IIRM conferences. He has published many books and articles on Event-Driven concepts. His latest e-books are titled “How to Analyze a Business” and “Strategic Business Planning”. He is a proud participant in the US Citizen Ambassador Program representing the U.S. in China and Russia.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Introduction

    • Course Introduction

    • Outline and Intro
  • 2

    The Goals of Business Information Analysis

    • The Goals of Business Information Analysis

    • The Goals of Business Information Analysis
  • 3

    Discovering Essential Information

    • Discovering Essential Information

    • Discovering Essential Information
  • 4

    Overview of Information Analysis

    • Overview of Information Analysis

    • Overview of Information Analysis
  • 5

    Analysis of Entities

    • Analysis of Entities

    • Analysis of Entities
  • 6

    Analysis of Relationships

    • Analysis of Relationships

    • Analysis of Relationships
  • 7

    Analysis of Data Elements

    • Analysis of Data Elements

    • Analysis of Data Elements
  • 8

    Events and Stored Data

    • Events and Stored Data

    • Events and Stored Data
  • 9

    The Beginnings of Design

    • The Beginnings of Design

    • The Beginnings of Design
  • 10

    Course Conclusion

    • Course Conclusion

    • Course Conclusion