Business Analysis and Modelling
MTB650
Overview
To enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into a course from the provider.
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$2,000.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$2,225.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit considers possible ways in which business requirements can be elicited and mapped to technical implementations while remaining suitable for the business model of the particular business as well as engaging with stakeholders. The unit evaluates the appropriateness of various elicitation, communication and documentation tools and processes commonly used for business analysis in the context of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK). Given these aims a substantial portion of the unit is devoted to developing the practical skills associated with business process modelling. The use of such modelling is placed firmly within organisational contexts.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems)
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems)
- Master of Technology (Business Systems)
- Master of Information Technology Project Management
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Prerequisites
Equivalent units
You cannot enrol in this unit if you have successfully completed any of the following unit(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- MTB230 — eBusiness Design for Competitive Advantage
Assessment
- Assignment 1 — Major task (30%-50%)
- Assignment 2 — Minor task (10%-20%)
- Practical 1 — Business process (30%-50%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- analyse business process needs in relation to particular business models strategies
- explain and apply fundamental principles underlying stakeholder management
- evaluate process communication and documentation tools methodologies in specific contexts
- demonstrate a developed proficiency in the use of specific process modelling tools.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Business models and strategic choices |
| 2 | Stakeholder management in business analysis |
| 3 | Requirements elicitation |
| 4 | Business process types and purposes |
| 5 | Analysis techniques and methodologies and their appropriate use |
| 6 | Ethical issues in relation to business operations and stakeholder engagement |
| 7 | Modelling techniques and tools (eg. business process modelling notation, rich pictures) |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Blogs
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Embedded Multimedia
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Web links
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Information Technology Project Management, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
