The Role and Tasks of System Analyst

The role and tasks of a systems analyst are as:

• The systems analyst plays a key role in information systems development projects. The system analyst assists and guides the project team so that the team develops the right system in an effective way.
• A system analyst facilitates the study of business problems and needs to determine how the business system and information technology can best solve the problem and accomplish improvements, for the business.
• A system analyst uses a system problem-solving approach called a System development life cycle. It includes steps for project planning, problem analysis, requirement analysis, solutions analysis, solution design, solution construction, solution implementation, and solution refinement.
• The system perspective of the system analyst extends beyond technology to include people, data, processes, interfaces, and networks.
• Systems analysts act as facilitators who co-ordinate system and application development with uses, management, and other information technologists.
• Systems analysts require a broad knowledge and skill technology, computer programming knowledge and skill set including a working knowledge of systems and technology, computer programming, general business, problem-solving, interpersonal communications, interpersonal relations, flexibility and adaptability, character and either, and formal system analysis and design.

An organization and technology have become more complex, most large organization, now build project teams that incorporate several analysts with different, but complementary, areas of specialization.