The Role of the Business Analyst in Integrated Library System
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The Role of the Business Analyst in Integrated Library System
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[1]The Role of the Business Analyst in Integrated Library System (ILS)By[Student’s name]CourseInstitutionDate
[2]Table of ContentsIntroduction and Case Study Overview......................................................................................3Roles of Business Analyst Under the Core Knowledge Areas...................................................3Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring..........................................................................3Elicitation and Collaboration..................................................................................................5Requirements Life Cycle Management...................................................................................6Strategy Analysis.....................................................................................................................7Requirements Analysis and Design Definition.......................................................................8Solution Evaluation.................................................................................................................9Conclusion.............................................................................................................................10List of References.....................................................................................................................11
[3]Introduction and Case Study OverviewThe capturing, storage and assessment of library information has been transformed due to technological advancements. The development of digital libraries has created career opportunities for business analysts whose role is the collection and storage of digital publications in the digitized libraries (Clarke and Eck, 2014, p. 6). An integrated library system (ILS) forms the library community’s equivalent of the enterprise resource planning system (ERPS) that helps business analysts in driving majority of operations within the library. Under this case, a public library system migrates to a modernized ILS as compared tothe previously used administration system. The previous system combined a customised and avendor supported systems with the original library's homegrown system. The old administration system allowed library staff to barcode all copies in a single item. However, the implementation of the brand new ILS has made the library discover a show-stopping difference based on how the ILS will handle multiple barcoding processes of the same item, and this has been unique. The aim of this report is explaining the roles of a business analyst inoperating the brand new integrated library system (ILS). Roles of Business Analyst Under the Core Knowledge AreasBusiness analysts play significant roles in the operations of a library facility. The customization of the brand new integrated library system (ILS) requires the proper understanding of the core knowledge areas of business analysis (Fleisher and Bensoussan, 2015, p. 6). Under this discussion, six core knowledge areas will be analyzed with the proper presentation of activities that a business analyst should perform in the six core knowledge areas.Business Analysis Planning and MonitoringFirst and foremost, business analysis planning and monitoring have been set in the library to address all business analysis functions associated with the proper running of the library.
[4]Under this case, BA planning and monitoring is established to define the roles of a business analyst as a step to responding to all the stakeholder's concerns (Wang and Dawes, 2012, p. 66). Every stakeholder demands a proper way of identifying the right book as stored on the shelves. As a result, the establishment of a unique and a modernized way of identifying library materials using the bar codes is required, and this is the responsibility of a business analyst. In this case, a business analyst has the role of creating a business analysis communication plan under which the library users can access their desired materials. Also of importance, withthe establishment of a new ILS in the library, the business analyst requires understanding stakeholders capabilities so that he/she may establish the right tools of monitoring their activities while logged into the system (Williams and Naumann, 2011, p. 25). By this doing, efficient customization of the ILS vendor module into the library will get facilitated hence benefiting the library staff when obtaining one time and multiple items from the library system.Under the business analysis (BA) planning and monitoring core knowledge area of business analysis, a business analyst require the following competencies and tools to enhance appropriateness in undertaking all roles under this area.i.Advanced knowledge in the identification and development of appropriate change control processes.ii.A business analyst needs to be an IT expert to plan and make informed decisions on the barcoding operations effectively.iii.High level of supervisory excellence, team leadership, strategic analysis, and ability toenhance quality control for the benefit of the stakeholders.
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