Digital Business Analysis and Design
Overview
This unit provides students with the systems analysis and design methods, tools and practices to stand out as effective business analysts in digitally enabled organisations. It covers various systems development lifecycles, methodologies, techniques and tools, exploring real-world industry cases in which they succeed and fail. Factors affecting the success of these methods in contemporary organisations are examined, along with comparisons of the values and principles that underlie these methods. After completing this unit, students will be able to understand and analyse real world digitalisation problems using modelling techniques to identify system requirements.
Requisites
01-June-2025
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply system analysis, modelling and design techniques and practices to real world digital business problems
- Apply advanced and coherent knowledge of the structured, object oriented and agile approaches to systems analysis
- Effectively communicate requirements and possible solutions to real-world digital business problems
- Work professionally and function as an effective leader or member of a team
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
OUA
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Hawthorn
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3 |
| Assignment 2 | Group | 30 - 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Tutorial Exercises | Individual | 10 - 20% | 1,2 |
| Online Tests | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3 |
OUA
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3 |
| Online Tests | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3 |
| Assignment 2 | Group | 30 - 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Assessment | Individual | 10 - 20% | 1,2 |
Content
- The digitalisation of business functions and services
- The role of the analyst in designing and implemeting digital business solutions
- Methods for designing, developing and implementing digital business solutions – the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology
- Methods and techniques for analysing business requirements
- Approaches for modelling requirements incl. Data Flow Diagrams and the Object-Oriented approach
- Methods for evaluating digital business solutions
- Project management and planning in the context of digital business requirements analysis modelling
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.