HOW TO Create A Stakeholders Needs Requirements Analysis Diagram

What is a Stakeholder Model?

A stakeholders diagram shows which people and organizations have a certain stake in an organization.

This tutorial will introduce creating a stakeholder analysis diagram.

The Dragon1 modeling language enables us to model stakeholders, needs, and requirements analysis in detail.

Stakeholders be modeled with...
Needs can be modeled with...
Requirements can be modeled with...

Example Stakeholder Onion Diagram

Stakeholder Onion Diagram.

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Excel Sheet

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The above visualization shows a stakeholder diagram. The relationships and rankings between the various stakeholders are shown.

An overview like this is necessary for any organization to rank the needs and requirements better (as they will cost time and money to realize).

You will create this diagram by using three web applications on Dragon1: The Architecture Repository, The Visual Designer, and The Viewer.

You will take the following steps

Create a dossier structure
Enter Data
Create process and application models using the data
Create links between the process and application models
Create process and application views using the models
Create links between views
Create a visualization using the views
Publish the visualization to the Viewer to have it commented on by stakeholders

Introducing Dragon1

Dragon1 is a SaaS platform for co-creating and managing enterprise architecture.

It is a web application suite for creating interactive content and products like Enterprise Architecture, Business Models, Processes, Landscapes, Blueprints, and Roadmaps. In this tutorial, you will be using four web applications: Architecture Repository, Visual Designer, Viewer and Resource Center.

Step 1. - Create a Dossier Structure

First, we will create a dossier structure to store our data in a cabinet.

To create a dossier structure

Go to the Visual Designer
Create or open a Cabinet
Select the cabinet in the Explorer treeview
Create a dossier
Create four folders in the dossier: Data, Model, View, and Visualization

Step 2. - Enter Data

On Dragon1, you can enter data by dragging shapes to a folder.

To enter data

Go to the Visual Designer
Create or open a Cabinet
Select a folder
Insert shapes from the Draw Archifact or Draw Entity dropdown menu
- For the process-application landscape, choose the shapes for three layers:
- Business Layer: Group, Function, Process, Activity
- Information Layer: Information Object
- Application Layer: Application, Database, Interface, Service
Select a shape in the treeview
Select the shapes' icon on the canvas
Change the name of the shape at the top right in the text attributes of the Inspector

Step 3. - Create a Model, using the data

To create a model

Go to the Visual Designer
Create or open a Cabinet
Select a folder
Insert models from the menu bar
- Create models for the process-application landscape for every entity class you have used
- Process model, Service model, Application model, etc...
Enter a name for the model
Optionally choose a type for the model
Insert shapes like processes and applications for the model by clicking on Draw Archifact or Draw entity and dragging shapes onto the canvas
You can change the color and size of the shapes
Draw connections between the shapes using the smart tools of a selected shape.

Step 4. - Create links between models

To create a link between models:

Select a model in the Explorer treeview
Select a shape in the model
Enter a link to another model in the LinkURL field of the text attributes

Step 5. - Create a View using the model

To create a view

Go to the Visual Designer
Create or open a Cabinet
Select a folder
Insert views from the menubar
- Create views for the process-application landscape for each model you created:
- Functions view, Process view, and Activities view, etc...
Enter a name
Select the model to use
Enter a viewing rule for the model data:
- Rule Event: onload
- Rule Condition: Class=Process;Name=Sales;Relation=FirstLevel
- Rule Action: Show(name)

Step 6. - Create links between views

To create a link between views:

Select a view in the Explorer treeview
Select a shape in the view
Enter a link to another view in the LinkURL field of the text attributes

Step 7. - Create a Visualization, using the views

To create a visualization

Go to the Visual Designer
Create or open a Cabinet
Select a folder
Insert a visualization from the menubar
Drag a shape on the canvas. You will use this shape to generate the view data on the canvas.
- For the process-application landscape, use three shapes:
- One for Functions, Processes, and Activities.
Save the visualization
Select one of the three view shapes
Enter the following view rules in the data attributes panel of the inspector.
- Rule Event: onload
- Rule Condition: Class=Process
- Rule Action: Show(name)

Do this for all three view shapes

With this rule, you will only see the processes from the view data. You can also show the whole view with Rule Condition = *.

Step 8. - Publish the visualization

To publish a visualization:

Select a visualization in a folder
Click on the Share button in the menubar
Enter the correct data in the dialog
Click on the share button in the dialog
Now go to the Viewer and search for your visualization by its title
Add a comment to the visualization
Filter the visualization on certain values

Read also

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Get Started

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If you do not have the time and you need a Stakeholders, Needs, and Requirements Diagram on short notice, we can create a diagram for you.