The IT Business Analyst is the professional who is generally associated with requirements elicitation/analysis and solving problems using information technology solutions. This role is the bridge between business & IT.

1. What Is Analyst?
Olya Zakharova, PhD
16 February 2014

2. RoadMap
• Analyst Definition
• Analyst Common Roles
• Modern Analyst
• Must Understand
• Finance
• Business&Marketing
• IT&Software Development
• Business Analysts Roles/Titles

3. Analyst Definition
• a person who analyses or
is skilled in analysis;
• a person who reviews and
examines data or information
for a specific area;
• can fulfill a variety of roles.

4. Analyst Common Roles
•
Business Process
Analyst
analyzes, documents, and improves
business processes
•
Business Analyst
gathers, documents, analysis business
needs and requirements
•
Product Manager
guides the features and direction of a given
product from a high-level perspective
•
Systems Analyst
designs the functional behavior of the
system as well as designs and documents
the logical components of the system and
creates functional specifications
•
Designer/Architect
designs and architects the physical
components of the system to be
implemented by the development team

5. Modern Analyst

6. Must understand
•
“The Business”
must have an intimate knowledge of
the business processes and needs of
the organization they are working for.
•
The challenges of
technology and the
needs of the
development team
has to realize that technology, while a
great advent, it’s not easy to employ –
and it requires highly specialized
technical skills and resources.

7. Finance
•
Accounting Analyst evaluates and interprets public
company financial statements
•
Cost Analyst analyzes business operations to
determine which courses of action are most efficacious
in business
•
Financial Analyst analyzes securities and business
equity in economics and finance
•
Quantitative Analyst applies mathematical techniques
to investment banking, especially in the fields of risk
management, trading and financial derivatives

8. Business&Marketing
•
Business Analyst examines the needs and concerns of
clients and stakeholders to determine where potential
problems and opportunities lie (Business Systems
Analyst)
•
Industry Analyst performs market research on segments
of specific industries toward the identification of trends in
business and finance
•
Marketing Analyst analyzes price, customer, competitor
and economic data to help companies

9. IT&Software Development
•
Systems Analyst or Information
Analyst analyzes technical design
and functional design for software
development
•
Usability or UX (User eXperience)
Analyst are involved in the
interface design or UX for software
applications and websites
•
Web Metrics Analyst examines
trends and patterns in the use and
expansion of the World Wide Web
in webometrics

10. Business Analysts Roles/Titles
• Business Analyst
• Business Process
Analyst
• Business Systems
Analyst
• Systems Analyst
• IT Business Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Requirements
Engineer/Analyst
• Functional Architect
• Usability/UX Analyst

11. For more information, please,
feel free to contact me:
Email: harizmalife@gmail.com
Skype: harizmalife
Olya Zakharova, PhD