RE: AS/400 RPG Business analyst - what tasks do they do?

My rule of thumb...  and may get myself into trouble for saying so,
but it seems... 

The longer the title... The less they do...

Eurrat Saylor, Jr.
Walkerton, IN


---- Original Message ----
From: Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: AS/400 RPG Business analyst - what tasks do they do?
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:01:14 -0500

>I've had "analyst" in my title for a long time. Getting it had more
>to
>do with the pay band I was in than actual duties. I've also noticed
>that
>job titles for techie folks seem to have little to do with what that
>person actually does and the same title can have different meanings
>at
>different companies (and if the company is large enough, it may even
>have different meanings within different divisions of the same
>company).
>
>Matt
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Henza, Guy
>Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:48 AM
>To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: AS/400 RPG Business analyst - what tasks do they do?
>
>I was an Operations Business Analyst in a prior life.  I was sent out
>to
>talk to users, determine needs, write programming specs (sometimes
>write
>the program), test the program, install it into production, update
>the
>user profile to be able to use the program, train the user to use the
>program... About the same thing I'm doing now without a title.
> 
>Regards, 
> 
>Guy 
>------------------------------
>
>date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 05:53:10 -0600
>from: "Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>subject: RE: AS/400 RPG Business analyst - what tasks do they do?
>
>,job interviewvcoming up steve   ?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>    From: "steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Sent: 11/30/05 8:59:07 PM
>    To: "RPG programming on the AS400 /
>iSeries"<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Subject: AS/400 RPG Business analyst - what tasks do they do?
>      HI If you are or have been a Bus. Analyst in an RPG
>environment,
>what
>    unique issues have you encountered, what factors regarding RPG
>were
>taken
>    into account, in what ways did u utilize RPG stregnths to resolve
>any
>    outstanding tasks or issues?
>    
>    Thank you,
>    Steve
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