Chapter 12, Problem 12.1UYK

a)

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.

Explanation of Solution

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.

Explanation of Solution

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.

Explanation of Solution

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