COIT11226 - Systems Analysis

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will explore problems that require technological solutions, as systems analysis involves determining what a system needs to accomplish. This unit covers concepts such as systems feasibility, requirements elicitation, and systems modelling. You will learn to distinguish and analyse user and system requirements, and to select and plan the process for guiding the system through each stage of the system development life cycle.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

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Rockhampton
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Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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Melbourne
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Rockhampton
Sydney
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Rockhampton
Sydney

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Examination 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 61.11% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25.52% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: External review
Feedback
Students need to learn agile system concepts.
Recommendation
An assessment component can be introduced/modified to include the agile system methodology.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Teaching team suggestion
Feedback
Presentation style assessments.
Recommendation
To include presentation component in an assignment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: From UC and/or other teaching team members.
Feedback
A number of "free-riders" were observed in the Group Assessment.
Recommendation
Revise the marking scheme and assess the possibility of including requirements such as submitting a presentation video detailing individual contributions.
Action Taken
From 2024, the group assessment-marking scheme will be revised suitably to assess the individual student's contribution for the group assessment.
Source: From Turnitin checking.
Feedback
The problem of having some students' submissions with high Turnitin similarity indices.
Recommendation
In the beginning of the term, the UC and all teaching team members should emphasise to students that Turnitin is an effective plagiarism checking tool and there will be disciplinary actions for those students involving in plagiarism. To some extent, this will deter the number of academic misconduct cases.
Action Taken
UC has advised the students during Week 1 of the term regarding plagiarism and the penalties that will be applied.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain systems analysis concepts, tools, techniques, and methodologies
  2. Select and plan appropriate models, tools, techniques, and methodologies of a systems development project
  3. Apply information gathering techniques to derive system functionalities
  4. Develop modelling diagrams to depict system functionalities for user requirements
  5. Apply appropriate software testing/deployment techniques.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is adopted by organisations, governments and individuals in many countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles. ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile.

This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA 8. The SFIA code is included:

  • Business situation analysis (BUSA)
  • Feasibility assessment (FEAS) 
  • Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
  • Business Modelling (BSMO)
  • Data Modelling and Design (DTAN)
  • Testing (TEST)

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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3 - Examination • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
5 - Team Work • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
8 - Ethical practice • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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