This technique is used in a few different business analysis tasks in some knowledge areas in the BABOK® v3 guide. These tasks include the following:
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Task |
The reason this technique is used |
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Conduct elicitation |
To identify the key terms in a particular domain and define the relationships between them |
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Analyze the current state |
To identify the key terms in a particular domain and define the relationships between them |
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Specify and model the requirements |
To identify the key terms and relationships relevant to the context or domain under analysis |
Concept modeling as a technique provides a business-friendly way to collaborate with stakeholders on working out some of the subtleties in terms and business concepts. This prevents unnecessary ambiguity and is a useful technique to build knowledge-rich processes.
The next technique you need to include in your preparation is a data dictionary.