SAD1 -Assignment 2

Evidences

Interview a Systems Analyst and ask what skills and characteristics must a systems analyst develop in order to be more effective in any design modeling process [include in your answer evidences (pix, ltrs, etc)]? at least 1000 words exlcuding your evidences.

In assignment 2, we were tasked to interview a System Analyst, yesterday April 29, 2010, we were having an interviewed in SAMULCO or Sta. Ana Multipurpose Cooperative in Uyanguren, Davao City. Together with my classmates in System Analysis and Design 1, we went to the office of SAMULCO to conduct an interview to their MIS Department. We interviewed Mr. James Bautista, a System Analyst in SAMULCO. We gave him a questionnaire to address our questions.

Before Mr. Bautista answered the question, first he introduced his self and asking us what our names. Before he started, he explained us what was System Analyst all about and gave us some important ideas and strategies how to become a successful system analyst for the future. He said that if you were not good in programming you have a chance to be a good system analyst. He said that being system analyst was not easy, because you need to focus your career in terms of developing a project, you should see the problem alone and think a best a solution, so that you could generate a successful project.

He said that being System Analyst must looks into the over-all system and makes good steps before you develop a project. You do not need think as a programmer but think as a common to others. In these explanations, being a system analyst you must think fair whether you are a good analyst but think that you have equal ideas in terms of developing a project to the others and treating them well and fair. As a system analyst you need to treat others equal.

Mr. Bautista gave us three skills and characteristics must a system analyst develop in order to be more productive in any design modeling process, first characteristic is being a System Analyst must be observant, because if you fail to notice the important details it will be failed to you as analyst. You should an observant every time you make important decisions especially doing a project, always ensured the missing part of the task and observed well if what are lacking and set the important feature, to complete the development and also he said that being an observant it will accurate you by designing a models but make sure that you will work as team because if make individual there’s a big possibility that your design and output will different in the end, sometimes you cant meet the expectation output and it will make your project failed. So that it is very important to develop as a team work and discussed important details about the development and how to create a project accurate well and no mistake. you should paying attention in every steps you made and consult every details, so that you could easily understand the concept of the project, if there was a needed you can simply apply what you have learned and fill the incorrect decisions into the accurate ways, so that your development have a successful output. Just make sure that you develop a project with team work. this is very important in developing a project, don’t work alone, team work is very important especially when you develop a project big, and needed a main aspect in development.

Second skills and characteristics must a system analyst develop in order to be more productive in any design modeling process, must have a basic programming skills, because if you do not have a basic programming skills, maybe you will not familiarize in terms of programming and developing the subject, although you understand the flow of the project but still there is a possibility that you project has an error and it will wasting the time, because sometimes there is a risk in terms of programming and as a system analyst you have idea to consult the project and accurate into the exact development, because sometimes if the programmer can’t meet the output as a system analyst you have the right to exact the project and build the project accurate and the client can satisfied the output, give the best solution and try to generate a good services into the client, so that you can make a good output, whatever happens just give the best to resolve the problem.

The third one is being a system analyst must be able to communicate well; he said that this is very important in terms of developing a project, especially when the client is far. He gave example, he showed as a picture of how important communication between the client, the developer and the system analyst. he explained us well how very important to develop a project that must be able to communicate well and cleared. Especially when you can’t realize what the he/she wanted because at the end you can recognize the simple output that he needs. He gave many examples and experiences about the project and how to resolve it.

Sir James shared a lot of his experienced as a system analyst, I learned a lot during the interviewed and I got some important lessons from his experienced and I realized that it takes 2hours before the interview was done. After Sir James answered all the questions, he asked us one by one if what our learning’s. For me, I learned a lot about the interviewed, there are many things that we should learn more before we make a project and I got many ideas how to become a system analyst someday. Overall the interview was good and fun.

SAD1 -Assignment 1

Based on our learning’s in Chapter 1 report, we are to identify and discuss some of the characteristics we have as a good system analyst.

On April 21, 2010, Wednesday the group one discussed about the characteristics of a System Analyst and they explained well about the significance of being system analyst, they gave some important feature and techniques how to become a good system analyst. As they explained, our facilitator gave some examples about the topic and we got additional ideas and plan in terms of generating a system; it should be step by step before you develop a system.

As a systems analyst, you should be responsible about the plans solutions and plans development before you meet the requirements or the objectives. You would be familiar the problem and give the best solutions. System analyst would be responsible for developing cost analysis, design considerations, and implementation time-lines. In these responsibilities you would be a good analyst in the future and has a successful system implementation. Because we don’t someday, you would be a system analyst, by helping these responsibilities you would be a good analyst.

As a system analyst, knows how to analyze both negative and positive side of the possible outputs for the system. Being a system analyst, you should be able to determined first both sides which are the positive or the supportive ways in creating a system, find out the good side that could help to your requirements and provide a improvement, so that you could generate or produce a high-quality system but after that you should also be able determined the negative side or the bad side of your system, not all implementing or develop a system has a positive part but you should aware the bad side because it would assist you to the exact method or techniques and thinking a way to correct the system. In this way you should be able to determine what is right technique to perform a situation that could help your development and implementation, because before you could perform a system make sure that you examine first both sides or your planning, so that you could be accomplished a system that has good quality and consistent.

As a system analyst, must be a good listener and be able to react to what people say, because being a analyst, you have time to listen the part of the people who willing to correct you and you are willing to accept their observation about your system and give them a right details about the task, though some are bad and some a good but it would help you to make your system has a right perform. You are willing to admit every opinion from different people either positive or negative, it would help you to you’re your system accurate well and also you are willing to accept their opinion , so that you could correct the bad things. Just remember that before you could create a perfect system first is you are prepared to accept and you are good listener, so that you could develop a perfect system.

As a system analyst, should be a responsible, as a system analyst you must be responsible with our overall standing with your system development by making a plan in how to start the development in step by step method, so that you should follow the right way in making a system and you could create a successful system and you could finish on time with hardworking and team work, so that you could easy handle the situation and make on time. Being a responsible system analyst you should always ready for everything what ever happen and also you are always flexible, so that you could easily accept the different situation that you would face during difficulties and just remember the alternative ways, so that you could easily follow the situation.

As a system analyst, must be problem-solver, of course we could not denied that sometimes there are problems that could be face during development and also during planning but as a system analyst you are always ready to resolve the problem, although it is tricky, as a system analyst you should know how to resolve the situation, you should flexible and give the best alternative ways to answer the problem. Whatever the problem come, big or small just give the best solution. But sometimes you could not easily solve the problem but just try to ask good suggestion to your friends. It really requires your point in time and staying power so that any step you make will never be a big regret to you. Some decisions are solve successfully but others were not that lucky enough. For sure, there are answers that we meant to help us but never turned out well. All I can say is that even though we failed at least we try and that will never be a big loss, still we learn something from that experience. And as we all know that experience is a best teacher. So don’t say you still don’t have that key throughout success. As a student, in these characteristics, it will help us to have knowledge how to analyze and create the system, you have already ideas in developing a system in the future and has knowledge in terms of analysis and help us to become a good system analyst.