Advanced Business Analysis
36 Hours
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
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.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply an advanced and integrated knowledge of the principles, analytical methods and approaches of business analysis to resolve business problems in a contemporary organisational context
- 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
- Critically analyse implementation plans, and associated organisational impacts and report on post-implementation reviews to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving, and ability to communicate effectively as a professional 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 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 20 - 40% | 3 |
| Project | Group | 30 - 40% | 3,4 |
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
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.