{"id":628,"date":"2024-08-07T10:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T09:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/?p=628"},"modified":"2024-09-02T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:10:19","slug":"make-systems-analysts-great-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/2024\/08\/07\/make-systems-analysts-great-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Systems Analysts Great Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-1024x444.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-1024x444.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-300x130.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-768x333.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-1536x665.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-1200x520.jpeg 1200w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis-600x260.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strategic-analysis-business-analysis-IT-systems-analysis.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cA major issue for business analysts\u2026 is the definition of the business analyst role. business analyst job descriptions are unclear and do not always describe their responsibilities accurately.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul, Yeates, Candle; \u201cBusiness Analysis\u201d, Second Edn, BCS. pp. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, \u201cBusiness Analyst\u201d is currently used for too many role descriptions, and often, the professionals hired become the victims of other people\u2019s failure to clarify expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I once landed a NetSuite BA role, and in all honesty, whilst I could do the business process mapping and capabilities at a high level, that ERP software package is so complicated the BA work couldn\u2019t be done in isolation to knowing the ins and outs of what was possible technically. NetSuite was being used across three continents and had been bespoked to every part of the global business. Much of the tailoring was uncontrolled Javascript snippets embedded into the platform\u2019s workflows and business rules. I still wonder how you bring such a thing under control. But the real issue was advertising\/recruiting a \u201cBusiness Analyst\u201d instead of a \u201cNetSuite Systems Analyst\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of role clarity and the wrong team mix proved disastrous for project quality. This situation could have been avoided if the hiring process had clearly asked: <em>\u201cDo we need a SME, a BA, a functional analyst &#8211; or all three at same time?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making things worse is a contingent of \u2018non-technical\u2019 BAs currently advocating a completely hands-off approach for the industry (\u2018not to influence the solutioning\u2019) whilst technical\/system analyst roles are being put to market under the banner of a Business Analyst, resulting in non-technical BAs being hired for them. What a dire state of affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe job role\u2019 systems analyst\u2019 tends to be used rarely these days\u201d (Paul, Yeates, Candle. pp. 7.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s make Systems Analysts great again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA major issue for business analysts\u2026 is the definition of the business analyst role. business analyst job descriptions are unclear and do not always describe their responsibilities accurately.\u201d Paul, Yeates, Candle; \u201cBusiness Analysis\u201d, Second Edn, BCS. pp. 5. Indeed, \u201cBusiness Analyst\u201d is currently used for too many role descriptions, and often, the professionals hired become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-analysis","missing-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}