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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
11 x 1.5 hours class + 11 x 1.5 hour seminar
The unit takes a high-level view of IS development where the focus is on the strategic alignment of IS and business functions in an organisation, which involves planning and discussion of business needs as well as negotiation and specification of solutions required by the client organisation, and agreed upon by management. Such solutions often involve development of information systems, and may also include business process improvement, organizational change, and strategy and policy development. In this unit, students will examine the principles and practices of stakeholder analysis, identify business needs, problems and opportunities, analyse, negotiate and specify requirements for any solution that may involve technology-inspired change. Students will explore critical issues in acquiring, modelling, validating and communicating requirements for large business systems. In the seminars and online exercises, students will develop practical hands-on skills in effectively acquiring information from client groups by brainstorming, interviewing, conducting seminars and meetings.
Analyse business requirements and contexts and stakeholder needs for the purpose of determining IS-related change proposals to processes and information systems
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
ULO2
Develop models and specifications and justify recommendations for technology-enabled solutions to identified business problems/needs
ULO3
Analyse and evaluate professional skills, attitudes, and knowledge in light of current professional requirements and propose ways of resolving capability gaps
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO6: Self-management
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment 1: (Individual) Business (Report)
Assessment 4: (Individual) Written Reflection (self)
15%
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement: satisfactory completion (50%) of Assessment 1 and 4
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MIS701 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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