System Analyst & THE Strategic Roles

in The Company

BY : DEWI MAHARANI, SE.AK, M.AK

6th Session
6Th Session
o The key roles of the systems analyst in
Objectives a business
o The importance of technical, people,
Dalam 1 halaman, menguraikan peran seorang analis sistem;
and business skill type
pentingnya kemampuan teknis, orang, dan kemampuan bisnis;
o Types of technology that analyst
jenis teknologi yang harus tahu; peran analis dalam perencanaan
neeeds to understand
strategis perusahaan; dan peran analis dalam pembangunan
o Analyst’s roles in development
projek sistem
project system

Reference
• Chapter 1, Satzinger 2012
• Other sources from digital channels
 A systems analyst is an IT professional who works on a high level
in an organization to ensure that systems, infrastructures and

WHAT DOES
computer systems are functioning as effectively and efficiently as
possible. System analysts carry the responsibilities of
researching problems, finding solutions, recommending

the SYSTEM courses of actions and coordinating with stakeholders in order

to meet specified requirements. They study the current system,

ANALYST procedures and business processes of a company and create

action plans based on the requirements set.

Mean ? Systems analysts need to be familiar with different operating

systems, hardware configurations, programming languages, and
software and hardware platforms. They can be involved starting
from the analysis phase of the project until the post deployment
assessment review.

Formal Definition of System Analyst “A person who
conducts a methodical study and evaluation of an activity
such as business to identify its desired objectives in order
to determine the procedures by which these objectives can
be gained. ” The task of the system analyst is to elicit needs
and resource constraints and to translate these into a viable
operation”.
SYSTEM ANALYST’s
Responsibilities
The main responsibility of systems analysts in the IT industry is to
figure out how to solve a problem by linking different computers
or systems and to specify what platform, protocols, software,
hardware and communications medium can be used to solve that
problem.
The job’s responsibilities may be summarized as follows:
• Communicate with customers and stakeholders to learn and
document requirements in order to create a technical
specification
• Interact and coordinate with developers and implementers
• Help perform system testing
• Deploy the system
• Help with technical documentation like manuals
• Deliberate over post-project assessment
 o Interpersonal Skills
o Communication

System Analyst
o Understanding

o Teaching

Skills
o Selling Analytical skills
o Understanding of organizations.

Requirement o Problem solving skills

o System thinking Ability to see organizations and information systems
as systems
o Technical skills

o Understanding of potential and limitations of technology.

o Managerial skills

o Ability to manage projects, resources, risk and change Interpersonal

skills

o Effective written and oral communication skills

o Help you work with end user as well as other system analysts and
programmers
o Flexibility
o Ability to adapt flexible ideas and changes.
System
ANALYST as
an AGENT/
FACILITATOR
 ROLES OF System ANALYST
IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
o Change agent(introduces the
change(candidate system) to the
organization)
o Investigator of the current
system. Monitor the programs in
relation to time, cost and quality.
o Architect of the design of the
system.
o Psychologist-reaches people,
interpret their thoughts,
understand inter functional
relationships.
o Salesperson
o Motivator-for convincing the user
to use the system.
o Politician-to gain the support of
the user’s staff.
o Changes that a system will
result in are often resisted by
the users. This is because
persons are used-to working in
a particular way and find it
difficult to change.
o New system means new skills
have to be learnt, job
descriptions may change and
so on.
o Hence the system analyst is the
creator of new environments.
For this, he has to be a
persuader as well as a
controller and appropriately
named as an agent for
changing the organization.
Thank You