Using MIS, Student Value Edition (10th Edition)
Using MIS, Student Value Edition (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134607191
Author: David M. Kroenke, Randall J. Boyle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Business Analyst:

A Business Analyst is someone who analyzes an organization or business model and has the following qualities:

  • Well versed in organization’s strategies and Porter’s model.
  • In order to meet Industry standards, Business analyst focuses on ensuring Business Process and IS.
  • Business Analyst’s primary focus is only on Business Processes.

a)

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Job responsibilities of a Business Analyst:

Some of the important job responsibilities of Business Analyst are given below:

  • Extract Requirements:  Business Analyst determines a company’s project requirements by extracting them from business or government policies.
  • Business Analyst must anticipate and constrain requirements.
  • Business analyst must translate, safeguard, simplify and verify requirements.
  • Business Analyst must advice senior management and train staffs to use new systems.
  • Business Analyst must document any identified required changes and evaluate surveys and workshop results.

b)

Program Plan Intro

Business Analyst:

A Business Analyst is someone who analyzes an organization or business model and has the following qualities:

  • Well versed in organization’s strategies and Porter’s model.
  • In order to meet Industry standards, Business analyst focuses on ensuring Business Process and IS.
  • Business Analyst’s primary focus is only on Business Processes.

b)

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Knowledge Business Analyst’s need:

In order to be a business analyst, one needs to have required knowledge in the following fields:

  • A high level of business acumen.
  • Maths ability.
  • Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC)
  • Project management methodology
  • Analytical ability
  • Knowledge on MS SQL, Writing SQL queries
  • Statistics

c)

Program Plan Intro

Business Analyst:

A Business Analyst is someone who analyzes an organization or business model and has the following qualities:

  • Well versed in organization’s strategies and Porter’s model.
  • In order to meet Industry standards, Business analyst focuses on ensuring Business Process and IS.
  • Business Analyst’s primary focus is only on Business Processes.

c)

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Skills or Personal Traits that Business Analysts need are:

In order to be a Business Analyst, one needs to have the following skills:

  • Business Management skills
  • IT skills
  • Interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Logical skills
  • Process mapping skills
  • Selling and marketing skills

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