Applying SSM to a problem

Business Information Systems Analysis

Assessment Task 2: Business Analysis

Your report should be between 2500 - 3000 words excluding the diagrams that are required for this assignment.

Introduction

The aim of this assignment is to demonstrate your understanding of business analysis and the nature of business problems in an organisational context.

The learning outcomes covered by this task include:

1	Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary issues associated with business analysis and analyse the nature of business problems in an organisational context
2	Communicate effectively as a professional and function as an effective leader or member of a diverse team
3	Evaluate key business analysis methodologies and their application in organisations
4	Apply theories, tools and techniques for business analysis to organisational scenarios
5	Discuss, illustrate and apply design thinking to analytical activities

The tasks

You are required to act as the business analyst working for Brett Michalak at Clinical Healthcare Inc. You have been asked by Brett to do the following:.

1. Apply ETHICS to the key problem you selected within the case study or apply SSM to this case study. If you apply SSM, you are required to perform steps 3 – 7 on three Transformations for at least 2 stakeholders. To do this, you are required to:

a. Provide a justification of why you selected the method you did, its strengths and weaknesses for this particular case.

b. Provide a description of the steps you followed in ‘solving’ the problem, including any appropriate diagrams, models, etc.

c. Provide a clear statement of any assumptions you have made in solving the case as there is inevitably limited information in the case.

d. Provide the outcome(s) (‘solution(s)’) and any other recommendations related to it. This solution should clearly demonstrate how you used the problem solving methodology as part of your process.

Your report needs to follow our standard business report format. Pages need to be numbered and your name must also appear on each page, not just the cover page. Evidence of attention to layout and structure needs to be present. The written submission is to be formatted as a report, word-processed in 12 point font and 1.5 line spacing. In this assignment, the word count does not include the executive summary, table of contents, appendices, and references. Please respect the word count.

Assessment

The report will be assessed on the following criteria:

Criteria	Weighting	Details
ETHICS or SSM	40%	How completely were ETHICS or SSM applied? Have the problems been appropriately described to capture the essence of the methodology and the case study? How effective does the ETHICS/SSM analysis capture the issues in Clinical Healthcare Inc.

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