Gregorio Diáz
ABSTRACT
My first reaction when reading the announcement of this conference was to ask myself “which systems analyst are we talking about?” I assumed that since the conference was sponsored by ACM, the analyst of interest must be involved with computers. That does not mean that the role of the analyst is clear. Before I go any further, let me sketch the systems analyst I want to talk about.
He or she works with a client (e.g., an individual or organization), who seems to have a problem requiring a computerized system for a solution. The analyst gets information from the client rather than from someone else. In this sense the analyst is very much like practitioners in the medical and law professions who work for the public rather than for colleagues.
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