Week 2

Answer 1: The most important and common skills and knowledge that a system analyst should have are Communication Skills, Team Working, Interpersonal skills, Problem solving, can do attitude etc. Furthermore an excellent level of verbal and written communication skills is must for every system analyst. System analyst needs to analyze every business process or computer system in very detail so he should be capable of paying close attention and properly understand how efficiently computer on which he/she works is performing. They should be capable of communicating with every person in an organization weather he comes from computer or technical background or not. System analysis projects are generally very large and complex and require many people to work on them simultaneously so he should be a very good team worker. The system analyst may also need to possess other skills depending on the organization he is working. Many business organizations need their analyst to have background in business management. An IT firm may require an analyst to have knowledge in various programming languages, networks and good experience with computers and new technologies. A scientific organization may need mathematical studies or engineering skill.

Answer 2: Effective communication skills are developed with the help of practicing. This can be achieved by participating in discussions and debates, Presentations etc. which help a lot. More and more sample projects of analysis should be undertaken which would help increase the familiarity with the projects. Working in this type of environment would help to improve all type of skills including team working, interpersonal and problem solving. Doing the sample projects you will come across different sort of people and face many problems and conflicts and then you will figure out the ways to deal with them, which will help in real world. You will learn to work in team and communicate with them effectively. With the specific skills such as programming, engineering or business management, an analyst is required to have the necessary qualification for that skill which you will during graduation etc.

Answer 3: During my graduation in BCA (Bachelor of computer applications), I was given many projects to be undertaken based on the subjects in the degree, such as Programming, System Analysis, Web Designing, Web programming, in various programming languages such as Java, VB 6.0, VB 7.0, C++, J2EE, CGI-Perl, HTML etc. with Database such as SQL, ORACLE, ACCESS. My project involved paid training in industry, understanding work going on there and then develop required utility and management softwares and  creation of websites. For an example an inventory management system in VB 6.0 as front end and Oracle as back end, corporate website with HTML and CGI-Perl, Project Management System with J2EE servlets etc. These project involved 6 months of work and a team consisting of 5-6 members used to work on it. I was team leader was chosen by the Lecturer and by the team itself, and then i used to assign various duties to each member for the successful completion of the project.