Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you will explore elicitation tools and techniques to identify, develop, model and report the requirements specification required to implement an enterprise system. You will learn how knowledge audits are employed to identify knowledge assets and knowledge capabilities, internal and external to an organisation, for their organisational systems or enterprise systems. This unit is a key element in the development of business analysis skills in students.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-Requisites: COIT20250 e-Business Systems and COIT20249 Professional Skills in ICT Anti-Requisites: If you have completed COIT20238 or COIS20077, then you cannot take this 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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 | 30% |
| 2. Portfolio | 30% |
| 3. Practical and Written Assessment | 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%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.31% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.24% 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: Unit Coordinator self-reflection
The content covered in lectures and tutorials were extensive.
Streamline the content to focus on the key concepts, helping students better understand and achieve the unit learning outcome.
During Term 1, 2025, tutorials were enhanced, starting mid-term, by introducing tools aligned with the teaching content. Students engaged in simple practical activities using these tools, which streamlined the material and strengthened their understanding of key concepts in line with the unit’s learning outcomes.
Source: Unit coordinator observation
There was limited integration of practical tools in the tutorials aligned with the weekly content.
Introduce relevant tools and practical tasks in weekly tutorials from the start of term, supported by resources that help students apply them independently and connect learning to real practice.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Devise an appropriate and comprehensive knowledge audit plan to support business analysis requirements
- Use appropriate modelling tools to present the identified knowledge assets and knowledge capabilities within the business context of enterprise systems, as interpreted and analysed through knowledge audits
- Apply the techniques of knowledge capture, knowledge codification and knowledge sharing (using appropriate technologies) after the performance of knowledge audits
- Critically review knowledge management approaches to the implementation of enterprise systems within an organisation and any issues that may arise
- Appraise the ethical and professional issues relevant to a business analyst working with knowledge-based enterprise systems
- Effectively write and communicate enterprise systems specifications that enable management of knowledge.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 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 at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA codes is included:
- Information Management (IRMG)
- Research (RSCH)
- Business Process Improvement (BPRE)
- Business Analysis (BUAN)
- Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
- Business Modelling (BSMO)
- Change Implementation and Management (CIPM)
- Stakeholder Relationship Management (RLMT)
- Problem Management (PBMG)
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| 7 - Leadership | • | • | ||||
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