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Should a system analyst's programming skills be better than the programmers' skills in a team?

Should a system analyst's programming skills be better than the programmers' skills in a team?

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No. Their job isn't to program, it's to be able to communicate with each party and make sure it all works. They should be able to program, but not nearly as well as people who do it all the time.

An overview of System Analysts and Business Analysts can be found on Wikipedia.

George Stocker  2009-03-18 15:19:42

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