Bachelor of Science (BSc)
BSc Information Technology Management for Business
- Typical A-level offer: AAA
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABB
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBB
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL
Course unit details:
Business Analysis
Unit code | BMAN24630 |
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Credit rating | 20 |
Unit level | Level 2 |
Teaching period(s) | Full year |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Pre/co-requisites
Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
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Integrative Team Project 2 | BMAN24650 | Co-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
Syllabus
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and seminars
- Lectures – 32 hours
- Seminars –10 hours
- Presentations – 36min per group
Knowledge and understanding
1. Understand the role and responsibilities of business analyst.
2. Understand the principles of process-oriented business analysis and transformation.
3. Identify, analyse and interpret business strategy through the application of a number of modelling techniques.
4. Understand the role, importance and structure of strategic, process and IS models used in business process management and transformation.
5. Apply business analysis models to business scenarios.
6. Present project findings and recommendations to industry clients.
7. Demonstrate business analysis and business process modelling skills.
8. Demonstrate report writing skills.
9. Demonstrate problem analysis, decision making and problem-solving skills.
10. Demonstrate teamwork skills.
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Students will learn a range of skills relevant to analysing and modelling business processes;
- Group/team working
- Students will learn how to coordinate and integrate team effort.
- Other
- Students will learn how to present technical detail in a manner which can be understood by different perspectives within an organization;
Assessment methods
Course work: 100% (project report, presentations, and peer assessment)
Formative:
Case study modelling tasks delivered throughout semester 1 and 2.
Summative:
Group project report – 40% (1st semester) (4-person group)
Case study group presentations – 60% (2nd semester) (4-person group)
Individual contribution to all project work will be peer assessed.
Feedback methods
- Feedback for all formative and summative coursework will be feed-forward.
- Informal advice and discussions during the lectures and seminars.
- Responses to student emails and questions from course coordinator including feedback provided to a group via an online discussion forum.
- Written and/or verbal comments on assessed or non-assessed coursework.
- Generic feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall performance.
Recommended reading
- Business Analysis - James Cadle, Malcolm Eva, Keith Hindle, Paul Turner, Craig Rollason, Craig, Yeates, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT; 3rd Edition, 978-1780172774, 2014.
- Business Analysis Techniques: 99 Essential Tools for Success – James Cadle, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT; 2nd edition, 978-1780172736, 2014.
- A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge – IIBA, 978-1927584026, 2015.
- Business Information Systems - Graham Curtis and David Cobham, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008.
- The Object Advantage: Business Process Reengineering with Object Technology – Ivar Jacobson, 1995.
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 32 |
Seminars | 10 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 158 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Ali Owrak | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Pre-Requisites: N/A
Co-Requisites: BMAN24650 Intergrative Team Project 2
Dependent courses: N/A
Programme restrictions: Core for ITMB and ITMB with IE
For Academic Year 2025/26
Updated: March 2025
Approved by: March UG Committee