COIT20251(HT1, 2023)Knowledge Audits for Business Analysis

Assessment 2: Portfolio

Task Description

In this assessment, you will demonstrate understanding of the core competencies and skills required for a Business Analyst. You will also demonstrate your knowledge in the use of some tools and techniques.

The assessment has two parts – Part A: Reflections and Part B: Case Studies.

Part A: Reflections (15 marks)

To construct this part of the assessment, you are required to a write a reflection on each of the following three topics:

1. Based on “Stakeholder Power and Interest Analysis”, developing “Stakeholder Management Strategies”. 

2. Discuss Gap Analysis, including techniques such as Capability Table. 

3. Use analysis on various costs and benefits, to support “Business and Financial Case”.

In each reflection, you will provide a brief introduction of the topic (method/process/model), how the method/process/model works, stakeholders involved, inputs and outputs, how it helps business analysis and its benefits. You also need to include figures, diagrams and illustrations to improve the quality of presentation.

Each portfolio should contain approximately 400 words. You need to include at least three references (including at least two academic references) for each reflection. You also need to make sure that the references are cited in the text and the reflections are free from any grammatical and spelling errors. 

Part B: Case Studies (15 marks)

In this part, you will analyse two short case studies and answer questions given with each case study posted in this Moodle page.

The answer to each case study should not contain more than 400 words.   

You should include at least four references (including at least two academic references) altogether for this part.

Assessment Submission

You must submit your portfolio as an MS Word file to Moodle for marking by the due date and time.

Caution: Submission of an unexpected file attracts a penalty. It is your responsibility to submit the final and correct version of your assignment.

Assessment Criteria

Part A: 15 marks

You will be assessed based on your ability to critically reflect on the business analysis concepts mentioned in the task description. The marking criteria for Part A are as follows:        

Reflection: 9 marks

Referencing: 3 marks   

Communication skills: 2 marks

Presentation and organisation: 1 mark

Part B: 15 marks

You will be assessed based on your ability to demonstrate the knowledge of business analysis concepts relevant to the case studies. The marking criteria for Part B are as follows:

Answers addressed the questions adequately: 8 marks  

Answers demonstrated knowledge of business analysis concepts: 4 marks          

Answers provided with clarity: 3 marks

All submitted assignments will be checked for plagiarism (materials copied from other students and/or materials copied from other sources). You should do the assignment yourself, so that you can learn through this experience. The use of any services to do your work is a breach of academic integrity. If you are found to have plagiarised or breach of academic integrity, you will be penalised which could result in zero marks. In some circumstances of violations of academic integrity, a more severe penalty may be imposed as per the University’s policy.  

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