Analysis and Modelling of an ICT System Assignment

Assignment Task

Choosing a case study

Choose one of the four case studies presented on the Canvas site. Links to the case studies are available on the Assessment Instructions page. The four case studies are:

Assignment Case Study A: RollingRoundAboutCanberra Assignment Case Study B: LeapFrogMovers

Assignment Case Study C: HolidayEntertainmentLuxuryLeisureOrganiser Assignment Case Study D: GovEDex

If you have previous experience with any of these case studies (for example, in previous attempts of this unit), you must choose a case study that you have not experienced previously. If you do not follow this instruction, this may be construed as academic misconduct and will be handled according to university policy. If there are any doubts about this requirement, please contact the unit convener for advice.

You will perform your analysis and modelling for this assignment based on the case study you have chosen.

Please be aware that Assignments 2 and 3 later in the semester involve further analysis and modelling of one of the above case studies – this can be the same or a different case study from the one you choose for the Individual Assignment. This means you may want to think about who you may want to work with for the group assignment and choose a case study accordingly as it is recommended that you choose the same case study for the individual and group assignments (although each assignment covers different unit topics, the previous analysis and modelling you have performed in this assignment will still be useful to inform your work in later assignments). However, remember that this first assignment is an individual assignment and any instances of plagiarism or academic misconduct will be handled according to university policy.

Assignment requirements

All of the requirements below relate to your chosen case study and the ICT system described in the case study. It is expected that you perform additional research and investigation, in addition to the information provided in the case study, to inform your reasoning and analysis. Explanation, justification, and evidence is expected to support report contents wherever relevant.

See the marking rubric on the assignment submission box for detailed information on what is expected for each item.

1. Additional research and assumptions

Your report is expected to describe additions and expansions that you have made to the case study, along with the research and investigation that has been used to inform and improve the analysis and modelling in the remainder of the assignment. These additions and expansions may take the form of additional features, clarification of existing features, or other details that are not explicitly described in the chosen case study as provided. You are expected to cite specific sources where necessary, potentially including websites, articles, and examples of similar systems or businesses. You are also expected to list and describe any assumptions made that affect the analysis and modelling in the remainder of the assignment.

This section is expected to describe the following:

• At least one addition/expansion to the case study, and what other sections of the assignment these additions and expansions are most relevant to.
• For those additions/expansions based on research and investigation, cite the specific sources that have informed these additions and expansions; for those additions/expansions based on assumptions, explain and justify why the assumption has been made.
• A 1 paragraph description of additional activities you could undertake to gather or obtain additional information relevant to the case study, in addition to the research and investigation that you have already done, and the expected contribution of these additional activities. If you have any assumptions, this description can describe how the additional activities you might undertake might confirm, clarify, or reject the assumptions that you have made.

The activities that you describe in your answer can include activities that would be possible if the case study was a real-life situation, but you have been unable to undertake because it is a fictional (made-up) case study.

Remember that in addition to citations in this section, citations should also be included when relevant in all other sections of the report. For diagrams, this may take the form of additional explanatory notes that include the citation.

Assumptions should be clearly numbered (“Assumption 1”, “Assumption 2”, etc) and referred to when relevant in all other sections of the report. For diagrams, this may take the form of additional explanatory notes that include the assumption number.

Remember that additions/expansions, and particularly assumptions, should not contradict or conflict with anything already described in the case study.

2. Rich picture

Your report is expected to include a rich picture to explore, describe, and model the situation. This should include the following elements:

• Entities
• Links between entities (including labels)
• Concerns
• Boundaries
• A 1 paragraph description and explanation of the importance for one of the boundaries you have This should clearly describe the meaning of the boundary in relation to the case study as well as why this boundary is important in relation to analysis of the case study.

3. System vision 

Your report is expected to include a maximum 1-page system vision covering the following aspects:

• Problem description
• System capabilities - high-level requirements and constraints
• Anticipated business benefits
• Stakeholder analysis 

Your report is expected to include a stakeholder analysis that covers the following aspects:

• List of identified stakeholders, both those identified directly from the case study and those added based on additional research and assumptions, with a 1 or 2 sentence description for each stakeholder of the relevance to and role within the Remember that appropriate citations or reference to assumptions should be included.
• Classification of all identified stakeholders according to the classifications that have been discussed in this unit
• For one stakeholder that was identified from the case study, a 1 paragraph explanation and justification of their classifications

For one stakeholder that was added based on additional research and assumptions, a 1 paragraph explanation and justification of their classifications

5. Event table

Your report is expected to include an event table. This should cover all elements required in an event table and comprehensively cover only the most important and meaningful events and interactions for the system being described. As a rough guide, it is expected that there should be at least 10 important and meaningful events in your event table, depending upon the case study chosen and your additions based on research and assumptions. The event table should include the following elements:

• Events identified
• Event names and types
• Event source
• Event triggers and conditions
• Event actions
• Event outputs, which includes response and destination

Remember that trivial events such as log on, log off, etc are not important and meaningful at the analysis stage and should not be included in your event table.

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