IAB204 Business Requirements Analysis
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| Unit code: | IAB204 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | IAB201 or ITD122 or PUB102 |
| Equivalent(s): | INB220 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $5,172 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | IAB204 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | IAB201 or ITD122 or PUB102 |
| Equivalent: | INB220 |
| Coordinator: | Rehan Syed | r.syed@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit introduces you to the role, knowledge, skills and techniques required of a business analyst. The unit focuses on the tools and methods used by a business analyst, as well as the soft skills such as creativity and communication, all of which are critical to successful business requirements analysis.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse an organisational context to determine users and stakeholders' needs and diagnose organisational problem/s and to identify opportunities.
- Elicit organisational, user and stakeholder requirements to identify a critical business problem or opportunity in an organisational context.
- Develop abstract representations of organisational processes, systems and data using established business analysis techniques.
- Ideate and critically evaluate a range of possible solutions and make well-justified recommendations to decision makers.
- Demonstrate well-developed written and visual communication skills to gather requirements, present solutions and create implementation plans.
- Collaborate in a team environment to produce a cohesive outcome to meet organisational needs.
Content
The topics covered in this unit include:
- The Business Analysis process & its importance.
- IT, business and strategic alignment.
- Defining critical success factors, key performance indicators, and scope of analysis.
- Techniques for identifying, gathering, analysing, prioritising and presenting needs and requirements.
- IT enabled organisational enterprise solution design
- Management and analytical techniques.
- Effective communication skills for developing business cases.
Learning Approaches
This unit is available for you to study in either on-campus or online mode. You can expect to spend 10 hours per week involved in preparing for and attending scheduled classes, preparing and completing assessment tasks as well as independent study and consolidation of your learning.
This unit comprises of a weekly pre-recorded lecture, which introduces the concepts methods and techniques as well as case studies of their application and a weekly tutorials that focuses on applying the concepts learned in the pre-recorded lecture each week.
Participation in weekly tutorial cases and scenarios will give you practical experience in the skills and techniques required by Business Analysts in industry. You will apply concepts and methods learned in the lecture through discussion of questions related to business cases or role-playing exercises in groups. This experience will be directly applicable to the assessment outcomes.
In addition, you will have the opportunity to conduct relevant research beyond that covered in the pre-recorded lecture to support your own business analysis recommendations.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You may obtain feedback on your progress throughout the unit in the following ways:
- teaching staff will be available for advice and assistance during lectures and tutorial sessions
- feedback will be given by teaching staff during the weekly tutorial exercises
- assessment items will be returned to you promptly with comments on your progress
- teaching staff will be available for private consultation outside the lecture and practical sessions.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment items in this unit are designed so that you may develop a practical understanding of the techniques used by Business Analysts to effectively gather, prioritise, analyse, document, and present business requirements, and to propose potential solutions based on those requirements.
You will work with a small team to develop, based on a real business problem and using a variety of data gathering techniques, a business analysis report detailing the business need, the scope of analysis, the current business context, and the relevant set of requirements, followed by modelling and developing a solution approach, scope, assessment, and transition management based on the business problem and requirements .
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Report
Analysis of Business Needs, System/Solution Requirements, Potential Solutions, and Business Case: Based on a real business problem, either sourced by you or provided to you, and through various data gathering and requirement elicitation techniques, you will be required to develop a business requirements report detailing the scope of analysis, the current business situation, and stakeholder needs within the established scope through various data gathering techniques. You will be required to develop a solution proposal, detailing, evaluating and justifying how the business requirements identified can be most effectively addressed
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Final Exam
The final exam will test your knowledge, problem-solving skills, and analytical skills. The topics in the exam will cover the key areas taught in the lectures and tutorials.
Assessment: Tutorial Activities
You will be required to actively participate in the tutorial activities and pre-attempt the tutorial exercises before weekly tutorials. Marks will be allocated based on your active engagement and the quality of the completed tutorial exercises. To accommodate any unforeseen circumstances, students can earn the maximum marks (10%) by attending any 10 out of the 12 tutorials.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
PMI (2015) Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, Project Management Institute. ISBN: 978-1628250695
Recommended text(s)
IIBA (2015) A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide) 3rd Edition, International Institute of Business Analysis, ISBN: 978-1927584026
Paul, Cadle, and Yeates (2014) Business Analysis, BCS Learning & Development Limited. ISBN: 978-1780172774
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Australian Computer Society Core Body of Knowledge
1: ICT Professional Knowledge
2: ICT Problem Solving
4: Technology Building
- Human factors
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2 - Systems development and acquisition
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, ULO4
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.IN01 Bachelor of Information Technology
- Employ appropriate IT Methods
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3 - Critically apply design and problem solving skills
Relates to: ULO2 - Work independently and within effective teams
Relates to: ULO6 - Communicate effectively in professional contexts
Relates to: ULO5 - Create considered and relevant IT solutions
Relates to: ULO4
PU51 Bachelor of Health Information Management
- Critically evaluate and apply theoretical and technical perspectives on health information management (HIM), applicable to professional practice to solve routine and emergent problems. [Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Report , Final Exam - Initiate effective approaches for engaging in critical thinking, decision making and problem solving that reflect diverse perspectives and culturally safe and responsive practice, encompassing evidence-based HIM solutions. [Practice, Values/Disposition
Relates to: Report , Final Exam - Exercise judgement in the context of HIM, informed by sustainable, legal, ethical, and professional perspectives that promote social inclusivity, multidisciplinary collaboration and reflective practice. [Values/Disposition, Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Report , Final Exam - Reflect critically on performance and feedback to identify self improvements and action learning opportunities, while building productive professional relationships across diverse stakeholders. [Practice, Values/Disposition]
Relates to: Report , Final Exam
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Online
| Unit code: | IAB204 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | IAB201 or ITD122 or PUB102 |
| Equivalent: | INB220 |
Overview
This unit introduces you to the role, knowledge, skills and techniques required of a business analyst. The unit focuses on the tools and methods used by a business analyst, as well as the soft skills such as creativity and communication, all of which are critical to successful business requirements analysis.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Analyse an organisational context to determine users and stakeholders' needs and diagnose organisational problem/s and to identify opportunities.
- Elicit organisational, user and stakeholder requirements to identify a critical business problem or opportunity in an organisational context.
- Develop abstract representations of organisational processes, systems and data using established business analysis techniques.
- Ideate and critically evaluate a range of possible solutions and make well-justified recommendations to decision makers.
- Demonstrate well-developed written and visual communication skills to gather requirements, present solutions and create implementation plans.
- Collaborate in a team environment to produce a cohesive outcome to meet organisational needs.
Content
The topics covered in this unit include:
- The Business Analysis process & its importance.
- IT, business and strategic alignment.
- Defining critical success factors, key performance indicators, and scope of analysis.
- Techniques for identifying, gathering, analysing, prioritising and presenting needs and requirements.
- IT enabled organisational enterprise solution design
- Management and analytical techniques.
- Effective communication skills for developing business cases.
Learning Approaches
This unit is available for you to study in either on-campus or online mode. You can expect to spend 10 hours per week involved in preparing for and attending scheduled classes, preparing and completing assessment tasks as well as independent study and consolidation of your learning.
This unit comprises of a weekly pre-recorded lecture, which introduces the concepts methods and techniques as well as case studies of their application and a weekly tutorials that focuses on applying the concepts learned in the pre-recorded lecture each week.
Participation in weekly tutorial cases and scenarios will give you practical experience in the skills and techniques required by Business Analysts in industry. You will apply concepts and methods learned in the lecture through discussion of questions related to business cases or role-playing exercises in groups. This experience will be directly applicable to the assessment outcomes.
In addition, you will have the opportunity to conduct relevant research beyond that covered in the pre-recorded lecture to support your own business analysis recommendations.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You may obtain feedback on your progress throughout the unit in the following ways:
- teaching staff will be available for advice and assistance during lectures and tutorial sessions
- feedback will be given by teaching staff during the weekly tutorial exercises
- assessment items will be returned to you promptly with comments on your progress
- teaching staff will be available for private consultation outside the lecture and practical sessions.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment items in this unit are designed so that you may develop a practical understanding of the techniques used by Business Analysts to effectively gather, prioritise, analyse, document, and present business requirements, and to propose potential solutions based on those requirements.
You will work with a small team to develop, based on a real business problem and using a variety of data gathering techniques, a business analysis report detailing the business need, the scope of analysis, the current business context, and the relevant set of requirements, followed by modelling and developing a solution approach, scope, assessment, and transition management based on the business problem and requirements .
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Report
Analysis of Business Needs, System/Solution Requirements, Potential Solutions, and Business Case: Based on a real business problem, either sourced by you or provided to you, and through various data gathering and requirement elicitation techniques, you will be required to develop a business requirements report detailing the scope of analysis, the current business situation, and stakeholder needs within the established scope through various data gathering techniques. You will be required to develop a solution proposal, detailing, evaluating and justifying how the business requirements identified can be most effectively addressed
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Final Exam
The final exam will test your knowledge, problem-solving skills, and analytical skills. The topics in the exam will cover the key areas taught in the lectures and tutorials.
Assessment: Tutorial Activities
You will be required to actively participate in the tutorial activities and pre-attempt the tutorial exercises before weekly tutorials. Marks will be allocated based on your active engagement and the quality of the completed tutorial exercises. To accommodate any unforeseen circumstances, students can earn the maximum marks (10%) by attending any 10 out of the 12 tutorials.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
PMI (2015) Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, Project Management Institute. ISBN: 978-1628250695
Recommended text(s)
IIBA (2015) A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide) 3rd Edition, International Institute of Business Analysis, ISBN: 978-1927584026
Paul, Cadle, and Yeates (2014) Business Analysis, BCS Learning & Development Limited. ISBN: 978-1780172774
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Australian Computer Society Core Body of Knowledge
1: ICT Professional Knowledge
2: ICT Problem Solving
4: Technology Building
- Human factors
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2 - Systems development and acquisition
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, ULO4
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.IN01 Bachelor of Information Technology
- Employ appropriate IT Methods
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3 - Critically apply design and problem solving skills
Relates to: ULO2 - Work independently and within effective teams
Relates to: ULO6 - Communicate effectively in professional contexts
Relates to: ULO5 - Create considered and relevant IT solutions
Relates to: ULO4
PU51 Bachelor of Health Information Management
- Critically evaluate and apply theoretical and technical perspectives on health information management (HIM), applicable to professional practice to solve routine and emergent problems. [Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Report , Final Exam - Initiate effective approaches for engaging in critical thinking, decision making and problem solving that reflect diverse perspectives and culturally safe and responsive practice, encompassing evidence-based HIM solutions. [Practice, Values/Disposition
Relates to: Report , Final Exam - Exercise judgement in the context of HIM, informed by sustainable, legal, ethical, and professional perspectives that promote social inclusivity, multidisciplinary collaboration and reflective practice. [Values/Disposition, Knowledge, Practice]
Relates to: Report , Final Exam - Reflect critically on performance and feedback to identify self improvements and action learning opportunities, while building productive professional relationships across diverse stakeholders. [Practice, Values/Disposition]
Relates to: Report , Final Exam