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Business Systems Analyst
( Business Systems Planner )

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Business systems analysts study the overall business and information needs of an organisation, in order to develop solutions to business and related technology problems.

A business systems analyst's role is usually undertaken prior to the system design, building and programming stages of the systems development process.

Duties and Tasks

Business systems analysts may perform the following tasks:

work closely with clients to identify business needs and the costs and benefits of implementing a computing solution
construct information technology (IT) definitions based on identified needs of the organisation
work with other IT experts to address networking and hardware needs
look at finance and budgetary matters
devise and document a general system design based on the client's anticipated requirements
negotiate options with the client.

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Learning Area	Computing Studies Mathematics
Work Demand	Including mainly indoor work Including reading or writing
Work Field	Business, Administration and Sales Computing and Information Services
Work Interest	Analytic or Scientific Organising or Clerical
Skill Level	Professional Jobs

Work Conditions

A business systems analyst's role will vary with the size and complexity of the organisation. Some smaller organisations may combine various types of analyst, designer and programmer roles into one, while larger organisations may employ teams of specialists.