We are to interview a system analyst and discuss the role of a systems analyst as a project manager.
It was 29th of April 2010, thursday in the afternoon when my classmates and I visited Sta. Ana Multipurpose Cooperative (SAMULCO) to interview a system analyst. Sir James Bautista who is a system analyst of the cooperative gave her answers and entertained us for about 2 hours conversation. It was exiting and full of values, for we learned various things about system analyst. It’s not just a hi and hello front act but an educational experience interviewing this person. He simply answers the questions which we asked to him.
In the organization you are now, what is your role of a system analyst as a project manager?
Sir James Bautista first distinguished the difference between system analyst and project manager, he said that as a system analyst is the one who identified the need and the system opportunity by matching need and technical feasibility or as simple as a system analyst provides solution to the problem of a project, thus he look to the overall specifications of the project including its range and cost, the system analyst also make the design modeling including the different diagrams while a project manager is the head or leader of the project, as a project manager he has the ultimate responsibility for the planning and control of everything related to the project. Sir James added that as a project manager you are the one who communicate to your client set the entire responsibility of the members and set the time and also a project manager is the one who speak a front man in behalf of the group. But mostly today, a system analyst can be a project manager or as one for the reason that system analyst can have all the abilities of a project manager and knows all
the system requirements of the project.
Can you tell us some of your experienced as a project manager in your organization?
He tells us some of his project as a project manager managing it department in SAMULCO. Every year the corporation conducted a general assembly presented by all members of the corporation and Sir James and the rest of the team was given the task to assembly and operates for about 50 computers and brought to the venue. At around 6pm all the computers were in the mood and ready to set up, before the sun will rise the team should finish all the installation process to the computers and fortunately before the break of the dawn they all made it, tiring and sleepy. But he provides solution in the next year of assembly; he listed all the employees who will work for the setting of computers including the transportation and list all the people who will install the software to the computers. And luckily with the help of trainings and seminars for the personnel added to the team of Sir James, he successfully made a plan that would minimize his time working for the installation. From 3pm in the afternoon the all finished it around 7pm which less than 5 hours which has a big impact and improvement compare form the recent year plan. This is only one of his works as a project manager, who think for the possible solutions to minimize the work of the team, segregate well the responsibility of each member and create a plan that would possibly make the team effortless.
As a project manager what are your strengths and weaknesses?
Sir James Bautista shares to us his own strength and weakness and I quote “I know what I want, I get what I want.” And his weakness is “most of the time I think like a programmer” these could be also the weakness and strength of the entire system analyst and project manager of every organization. Lucky for us because we are given a chance to interview a project manager/ system analyst that is worth to be called a “professional and good system analyst”.
Giving an analogy unto it I believe that a project manager is like a DRIVER and take all the responsibility for many diverse tasks including, leading the project team through the process of creating and executing the project plan, mold every members into the project team, obtain all the approvals for the project plan, issue status report on the progress of the project compared to the plan and of course the project manager respond to the reques ts for changes to the plan. Also as a driver of the group one should remove obstacles for the team so they can do the job they are asked to do, call and run regular project meetings.
As a whole I think over to the interview we made and it knocks my mind to come up this summary about system analyst and project manager, that a successful project has the technical leadership of a system analyst and the management guidance of the project manager.
