A systems analyst is responsible for researching, planning, coordinating and recommending software and system choices to meet an organization’s business requirements. The systems analyst plays a vital role in the systems development process. A successful systems analyst must acquire four skills: analytical, technical, managerial, and interpersonal. Analytical skills enable systems analysts to understand the organization and its functions, which helps him/her to identify opportunities and to analyze and solve problems. Technical skills help systems analysts understand the potential and the limitations of information technology. The systems analyst must be able to work with various programming languages, operating systems, and computer hardware platforms. Management skills help systems analysts manage projects, resources, risk, and change. Interpersonal skills help systems analysts work with end users as well as with analysts, programmers, and other systems professionals.
Because they must write user requests into technical specifications, the systems analysts are the liaisons between vendors and the IT professionals of the organization they represent. They may be responsible for developing cost analysis, design considerations, and implementation time-lines. They may also be responsible for feasibility studies of a computer system before making recommendations to senior management.
A systems analyst performs the following tasks:
- Interact with the customers to know their requirements
- Interact with designers to convey the possible interface of the software
- Interact/guide the coders/developers to keep track of system development
- Perform system testing with sample/live data with the help of testers
- Implement the new system
- Prepare High quality Documentation
Many systems analysts have morphed into business analysts. And, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that “Increasingly, employers are seeking individuals who have a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) with a concentration in information systems.”
November 8th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
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June 11th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
The study has helped me a lot since i didn’t know what to pursue between a masters in either system analysis or system security. with a bit of knowledge added to my natural system. now i can decide on what to do.That is after a few things are clarified
My questions are;
1. Can one become a system analyst with a little bit of programming knowledge or none?
2. Is a system analyst supposed to be a system developer or can only help the system developers?
July 27th, 2011 at 11:37 am
as per as above,an SA must know too many things. A s/w developer also must need to know the pgming langs very well and must have idea abt pgming. so SA is above and far from a pgmr…
September 8th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Hi,
I have done B.Tech. in CS and then done MBA in Marketing. I am interested in System Analyst job. Is it my right decision?
Thanks in advance.
October 24th, 2011 at 3:14 am
thank you so much for this opportunity. please i’d like to know what does it entail for one to be a very good system analyst, or how can one become a system analyst. what are the criteria?
January 10th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
This is a somewhat narrow definition of the work of a systems analysts; I would say what you have described above refers to the work of an ICT systems analyst. But systems analysis, in general, does not necessarily involve ICT.