What other analysts are there?

We have already considered the option when we have a small project, and the functions of a business analyst and a system analyst are combined in one person. And our specialist does a lot of diversified work ("a Swiss, and a reaper and a gamer on a pipe"). Under the influence of the requirements of the environment, from this large set of work performed, certain categories of analysts are distinguished. One person can no longer cope with all the tasks and have such deep knowledge and tools in all areas at once, because each of them requires more and more high-quality results from a specialist. Several other types of analysts stand out in this way. Who else can proudly say that he is an analyst (in IT or so)?

UX designer analyst desktop engineer

They are often referred to as designers or user interface designers, although they also do analytical work. The word "designer" in the Russian-speaking environment has long acquired the meaning of "draftsman", but the primary translation is design. So is our specialist, he is an interface designer. The most important task of the "UX Designer" is to develop a user interface in such a way that it is intuitive and convenient for the end user and solves his problems.

Interface designers analyze the information that the system analyst and business analyst collects and records. Oddly enough, the designer devotes most of the working time to the process of parsing and understanding the requirements for the user interface, which displays the functionality of the system. Therefore, we boldly call him "UX Analyst". This analyst puts himself in the user's shoes and figures out exactly how the interface should work. “UX analyst”, possessing knowledge, tools and sound logic, analyzes human behavior and the actions performed by him (business processes). He designs the user interface in such a way that it is convenient to work in it and he meets the requirements of working with it. In other words, the main task of the UX analyst is to improve the usability of the interface, i.e. make it convenient and understandable, based on the behavior of the target audience of product users. The UX design direction is gaining momentum as a distinct class of the profession in the IT environment. Such specialists can be found on projects of multi-user systems and / or portals. 

Often this class of analysts is absent from projects and its responsibilities lie at the interface between the systems analyst and the designer. On small projects, the system analyst deals with the interface, and there is a problem: the systems analyst often looks at the interface from the point of view of the system, and not the user, and when designing the interface he does not think about the convenience for the user. In turn, there is also a problem with the UX designer, since he does not see the system as a whole and can be involved in the project as an expert who identifies interface usability problems, but does not solve them himself. Therefore, the ideal way of working on a project is achieved by the joint work of a systems analyst and "UX analyst". Of course, do not forget that 2 more specialists are involved in the process of designing the user interface: a business analyst (who can act as a user of the interface), and a designer (who will draw all the "beauty" in the form will be seen by the user).