Advanced Business Analysis
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
This unit is an advanced unit which further develops the underlying knowledge, skills and other competencies that are critical to the effective business analyst. It contextualises business analysis, building complexity, uncertainty and interconnectedness into the modelling domain. The assignments will involve students interacting with real businesses to apply their knowledge and skills to resolve a real-world business problems.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
2. Critically evaluate proposed solutions to business problems to determine the best fit with business requirements using decision-making tools to meet the original stakeholder needs
3. Critically analyse implementation plans, and associated organisational impacts and report on post-implementation reviews to specialist and non-specialist audiences
4. Demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving, and ability to communicate effectively as a professional and function as an effective leader or member of a team
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Scheduled hours: Lectures (12 x 3 hrs)
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Assignment 1 (Individual) 30 - 40%
2. Project (Group) 30 - 40%
3. Assignment 2 (Individual) 20 - 40%
General skills outcomes
• Teamwork skills
• Problem solving skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Problem solving skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• business requirements, stakeholder requirements, solution requirements (functional & non-functional requirements), transition requirements
• requirements management, prioritisation and communication
• enterprise analysis, establishing business needs
• development of business cases
• advanced elicitation techniques
• solution assessment and validation
• evaluation of deployed solutions
• on-going benefits planning and realisation
• managing technology-driven change
• analysing requirements in an agile development environment
• implementation planning
• requirements management, prioritisation and communication
• enterprise analysis, establishing business needs
• development of business cases
• advanced elicitation techniques
• solution assessment and validation
• evaluation of deployed solutions
• on-going benefits planning and realisation
• managing technology-driven change
• analysing requirements in an agile development environment
• implementation planning
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.