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Lesson 1. The World of the Modern Systems Analyst INSY 55: System Analysis and Design
• Tools. These are software products that are used to develop analysis and
design specification and completed system components.
• Techniques. These are strategies for completing specific system development
activities.

1.4 The Environment Surrounding the Analyst

Systems analysts work with a variety of technical environments, have many different job
titles, and work in different employment arrangements.

1.4.1 Types of Technology Encountered
Sometimes students get the idea that all systems are small desktop systems because those
are the projects they do in classes. Large systems are very complex and involve thousands of
users at hundreds of locations using databases with hundreds of tables with millions of rows of
data.
Different configurations of information systems technology an analyst might encounter
include:
o Desktop systems
o Networked desktop systems that share data o Client-server systems
o Large scale centralized mainframe systems
o Systems using Internet, intranet, and extranet technology
1.4.2 Typical Job Employment and Places of Employment

Rapid changes in technology, business practices, and the structure of the global economy
have changed related jobs. Typical information system graduates of the late 20 century were
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employed as programmer analysts. Job tasks consisted primarily of programming with some
analysis and design.
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The employment picture is much more complex in the 21 century. The number and nature
of the jobs, their titles, and the organizations that fill those positions are much more complex than
in the past.

Changes in software development, technology, and business practices have created many
new career opportunities for analysts, including:

o Sales and support of ERP
software o Business analysts
for user organizations
o Auditing, compliance, and
security o Web development
People doing systems analysis and design work have many different job titles. Sometimes
analysis and design work is only a part of their job responsibilities. Sometimes systems analysts
also manage the project and are referred to as project leaders or project managers. Other job titles
include:

o Programmer analyst o
Business systems analyst o
System liaison o End-user analyst
o Business consultant o Systems
consultant o Systems support
analyst o Systems designer o
Software engineer o System
architect

Mr. John Mark L. Dula