Presentation: search for examples of consulting company reports, your assignment should have a professional look and feel; put your name, student number, course and semester only on the cover sheet – the rest of the assignment should look like a professional Business Analyst’s report.
Word length: a guide is that for assignment tasks requiring a written response you would expect around 1 page for a task worth 10 marks; brevity and clarity is more important than volume of words. As noted above you should pay particular attention to use of subheadings, fonts and other ways of improving readability, Business Analysis is all about clarity of communication.
ASSIGNMENT 1
TASK 1.01 Project Journal
Develop and maintain a project journal for your project with date, summary of activities undertaken, actions completed and actions planned. Use a table with columns for activity number, date, activity, description and status. The journal will serve as the diary of your project. The journal should be attached as an Appendix to your report (10 Marks)
TASK 1.02 Write a System Vision statement (see examples in text) (10 Marks)
TASK 1.03 Define around 4-5 options to address problem/opportunity
Structure options in a table with pros, cons, risks, expected costs, benefits. Remember to include the “do-nothing”option (10 Marks)
TASK 1.04 Conduct stakeholder analysis and identify all persons, groups and institutions who may have an interest in the project and the nature of their interest (10 Marks)
TASK 1.05 Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) (10Marks)
Analyse the project and produce a 1-page Work Breakdown Structure
Task 1.06 Draft an interview agenda for your interview with the CEO, refer to the text and on-line for examples (10 Marks)
TASK 1.07 Develop a one-page table of key requirements (product backlog) from the perspectives of each of the stakeholders (user stories)using Agile format “As a .... I want to .... so that..”) (10Marks)
TASK 1.08 Write a list of the key functionalities of the system (a functional and non-functional specification) (10 Marks)
TASK 1.09 Presentation (cover letter, cover sheet, clarity, professionalism) (20 Marks)
Assignment 2 (DRAFT ONLY – do not start work until final draft is released)
Using the same case study in Assignment 1 and building upon the work you have already
Presentation: search for examples of consulting company reports, your assignment should have a professional look and feel; put your name, student number, course and semester only on the cover sheet – the rest of the assignment should look like a professional Business Analyst’s report.
ompleted you need to undertake the following tasks:
TASK 2.01 Maintain a journal (a project log or diary) for this next Assignment, you should use a table showing details of project activities including date, summary of activities undertaken, actions completed, actions planned and any notes. (10 Marks)
Task 2.04 Compare your As is and To be diagrams to prepare a briefing note for the Organisational change and Training Team regarding the anticipated business impact of the system. You should make recommendations on how these business impacts can be managed (20 Marks)
TASK 2.05 From a business perspective categorise the backlog using the MOSCOW requirement prioritization method (or other similar method – in which case you must name the method and give a reference) and identify the stories that makes your minimum viable product (10 Marks)
TASK 2.06 Develop screen designs for two MUST stories created in Task 2.05 and identify any business rules; justify your design (10 Marks)
TASK 2.07 Write all acceptance criteria for these two stories to be done (10 Marks)
TASK 2.08 Write a Job Description for a Business Analyst to be recruited to join your project (10 Marks)
TASK 2.09 Presume you have completed a “waterfall method” processes of RFT, evaluation of tenders and selection of a solution. Write the executive summary of the Report to client where you explain the processes undertaken and recommend a preferred supplier (10 Marks)
Marking Guide:
10 (20)
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9 (18)
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8 (16)
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7 (14)
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5 (10)
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3 (6)
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0
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Outstanding:
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High Distinction:
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Distinction:
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Credit:
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Pass:
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Fail:
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Not Submitted:
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An outstanding attempt – well formatted and professionally presented piece of work.
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An excellent piece of work that meets all the specified criteria with very minor omissions or mistakes
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More than competently meets the criteria specified with only minor mistakes or omissions.
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Competently meets the criteria as specified with few minor mistakes or omissions.
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Satisfactorily meets the criteria.
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Did not sufficiently meet the criteria to pass.
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No attempt made or different from what is acceptable
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