Volume 6

Volume 6, Number 42

October 23, 2008

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Changes in the Systems Analyst Skill Set: 2006 versus 2001


Wayne A. Haga
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, CO 80217-3362 USA

Gerard J. Morris
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, CO 80217-3362 USA

Charles H. Mawhinney
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, CO 80217-3362 USA

Joseph S. Morrell
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Denver, CO 80217-3362 USA

Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of what skills are necessary to be successful as an Information System Analyst. An empirical study was performed to investigate the skill set requirements for the systems analysis position in the current job market and compare those requirements with those reported in a previously published paper. It is important to address these issues to be better able to advise students in an information systems program and to better package the curriculum content. This study found evidence of changing roles and responsibilities and requisite skills compared to those previously reported.

Keywords: systems analyst, job skills, curriculum

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Recommended Citation: Haga, Morris, Mawhinney, and Morrell (2008). Changes in the Systems Analyst Skill Set: 2006 versus 2001. Information Systems Education Journal, 6 (42). http://isedj.org/6/42/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2007: §2522. ISSN: 1542-7382.)