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School: Business and Law

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  • Unit Title

    Business Systems Tools

  • Unit Code

    SBL2403

  • Year

    2027

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Senali MADUGODA GUNARATNEGE

Description

This unit introduces the principles, tools, and methods used in business systems analysis. Students learn how to define business needs, capture and manage requirements, and model processes and data flows that underpin system development. Emphasis is placed on structured analytical thinking, clear documentation, and effective communication between business and technical stakeholders. Through practical workshops, students apply systems analysis techniques to realistic business scenarios, producing professional documentation and solution recommendations.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply systems analysis and modelling techniques to business problems.
  2. Compare alternative systems development methodologies used in the design of business information systems.
  3. Assess business and stakeholder requirements to determine appropriate system specifications.
  4. Conceptualise effective systems specifications that address identified business needs.

Unit Content

  1. Principles and practices of business systems analysis.
  2. Systems development methodologies and their application in organisations.
  3. Techniques for identifying business problems and analysing stakeholder needs.
  4. Methods for eliciting, documenting, and validating system requirements.
  5. Modelling business processes and system designs using standard techniques.
  6. Developing and communicating effective system specifications and solutions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseModelling Exercise40%
ExaminationFinal Exam60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseModelling Exercise40%
ExaminationFinal Exam60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
  • Cheating in an exam: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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