Lecture 1: Role of Systems Analyst Projects and Project Teams

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Lecture 1Role of Systems AnalystProjects and
Project Teams
MIS 160 Systems Development Life Cycle I
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Role of Systems Analyst

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Overview

• Information systems are crucial to modern
  business
• Key to success is thorough systems analysis and
  design
• Systems analyst is a key individual in these
  activities
• analyzes the business, identifying opportunities
  for improvement, and designing information
  systems to implement these ideas.
• It is important to understand and develop through
  practice the skills needed to successfully design
  and implement new information systems.

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Information Systems Roles

• Business analyst
• System analyst
• Infrastructure analyst
• Change management analyst
• Project manager

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The Analyst

• Business problem solver
• Practical knowledge
• Computers
• Computer programming
• Understand business problems
• Use logical method for solving problems

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Required Skills of the Systems Analyst

• Technical knowledge and skills
• Computer hardware, software, databases, and
  related devices
• Tools to help develop analysis or design
  specifications
• Techniques for completing specific development
  activities

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Required Skills of the Systems Analyst

• Business knowledge and skills
• Organizational structure
• Functional work processes
• People knowledge and skills
• Communication
• Teams
• Ethics and integrity

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Environment Surrounding the Analyst

• Information system configurations encountered
  will range from PC to large mainframe systems
• Job titles of the systems analyst vary greatly
• Places of employment vary from small businesses
  to large corporations

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Analysts Role in Strategic Planning

• Special projects that might affect executives
• Members of the strategic plan development process
• Input to the information systems strategic
  planning effort
• Application architecture plan
• Technology architecture plan

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PROJECTS AND PROJECT TEAMS

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What Is a Project?

• A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to
  accomplish a unique purpose
• Attributes of projects
• unique purpose
• temporary
• require resources, often from various areas
• should have a primary sponsor and/or customer
• involve uncertainty

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A Project

• INVOLVES GETTING A
• NEW, COMPLEX ACTIVITY
• DONE

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IS Project Features

• technological explosion
• highly volatile expanding market
• uncertainty
• many people involved

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The Project Team

• Each member performs specialized task
• Skills and abilities
• Size and make-up
• Various considerations through each SDLC phase

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The Project Team