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Appreciate it.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Lauren
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 1:21 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Business Systems Analyst
On 11/12/2012 12:06 PM, Steve Janoff (non-Celgene) wrote:
> Anybody ever have the specific title "Business Systems Analyst"?
Business Systems Analyst is separate from Business Analyst. Job
descriptions are a bit illusory these days and seem to be more "in the
general area of," rather than "specifically this," so there is not
likely a concrete answer. As I understand the two disciplines, a BSA is
specific to systems and technology of the business while a BA can have a
range of applications in different areas of the business that include
administration, procedures, processes, how a business uses technology,
and how employees interact with technology. Essentially, from my
perspective, a BSA analyzes the business systems internally, as in how
the system works, while a BA, when analyzing systems, analyzes the
business systems externally, as in how the business uses the system.
Not to muddy the waters, but there is also a niche BA, called a Business
Process Analyst, or BPA, that falls within the business analysis
spectrum of disciplines.
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