Analyst Salaries

Development Project Interactions Application Specialist Hardware Specialist Hardware/Software Vendor Database Administrator Senior Management Systems Analyst Network Specialist Satisfied End-Users Dissatisfied End-Users IT Steering Committee

A Typical MIS Production Scheduling Management Information System Inventory Tracking System Materials Management System Customer Order System Accounting System Production Scheduling Management Information System

SDLC Preliminary Investigation Analysis Logical Design Physical Implementation Maintenance

Errors Are Costly

Data and Process Centricity Data-Centric Approach Process-Centric Approach   What data does the system need? What is the system supposed to do? Tends to have an enduring design stability due to low volatility in organizational data needs.  Design stability is necessarily limited due to constant changes in business processes. The file structure is enterprise dependent. The file structure is application dependent. Data redundancy is generally limited and controlled. Data redundancy is generally massive and uncontrolled.

Relationship to Organization Analyst Roles Analyst Role Relationship to Organization Programmer/Analyst Employee of the organization Systems Analyst Independent Analyst Contractor to the organization Outsource Provider Employee of outsourcing contractor Systems Consultant Software developer Manufacturer or supplier of software