The Net, a feature film from Sony Pictures, details the high-tech drama of Angela Bennett (played by Sandra Bullock) who is a computer systems analyst. When she accidentally gains access to a classified program, she becomes trapped in a web of mystery and conspiracy. However, the film failed to win over movie audiences and one reason might be that most people in the mass movie going public are still unaware or confused as to exactly what a computer systems analyst does and why they do it. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary (1359-1360), a computer systems analyst is someone who “designs an efficient computer system for a particular business, project, etc.”, while the process of analyzing systems is defined as, “an engineering technique that breaks down complex technical, social, etc. problems into basic elements whose interrelations are evaluated and programmed, with the aid of mathematics, into a compete and integrated system.” While it is true that today’s high-technology world demands the competitive organization employs computer systems analysts in order to integrate their information, management, accounting, manufacturing, production, sales, inventory and distribution sales systems too fee individuals are aware of what computer systems analysts are or do. This analysis will describe the typical responsibilities of the computer systems analyst, including the job market and outlook for the career that may be one of the most understood occupations in modern times.
The computer systems analysts is often misunderstood because they speak a techno-language that sounds more Greek than Greek, with common words like SAT, FoxPro,VB-4, C++, Java often leaving non analysts scratching their heads. However, the development of effective software and hard ware systems is an increasingly essential and vital function to business operations and success. Despite the usually unknown methods and skills of the computer syst...