ANZSCO 261111 – ICT Business Analyst

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2. ANZSCO 261111 – ICT Business Analyst ICT Business Analyst - ANZSCO 261111 Description ICT Business Analyst identifies and communicates with users to formulate and produce a requirements specification to create system and software solutions. ICT Business Analyst reviews and evaluates business and information needs of an organization. They co-ordinate the design of new IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity. Skill level: 1 Specializations Business Systems Analyst Alternative Titles BA (ICT) Business Consultant (ICT) Skills Assessment Authority ACS (Australian Computer Society) Occupation Lists This occupation is on the following skill lists: Combined Skilled Occupations List (STSOL MLTSSL) Medium Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) RSMS Occupations List (RSMSL) This occupation is on the following skill lists: Labor Market Testing Required for 457 List (LMTL) Short-Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL)

3. Visa Provision As the occupation features on the MLTSSL as an occupation in demand in Australia, it is possible to apply for any of the visas in the General Skilled Migration (GSM) Program. Visas in this category include the Skilled Independent 189, the Skilled Nominated 190, the Skilled Regional Nominated 489 or the Skilled Regional Sponsored 489 visas. In addition there is also the opportunity of applying for a number of employer sponsored visas if you have a firm offer of employment. There is no regional restriction for 457 visa applications for this occupation. Unit Group: 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts Description The job of ICT Business Analyst in Australia is to work with users to formulate system requirements, develop system plans and documentation, review and evaluate existing systems, and design and modify systems to meet users’ business needs. Note: Non-ICT Business Analysts (for example, Management Consultants) are excluded from this unit group.

4. Tasks working with users to formulate and document business requirements identifying, investigating, and analyzing business processes, procedures and work practices identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices, and system functionality and behavior using project management methodologies, principles and techniques to develop project plans and to cost, resource and manage projects taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans, which ensure acceptable quality and integrity of the system creating user and training documentation, and conducting formal training classes developing functional specifications for use by system developers using data and process modelling techniques to create clear system specifications for the design and development of system software acting as a central reference and information source, providing guidance and assistance in the system project decision making process Skill Level Most occupations in this group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

5. Occupations in this Group 261111 ICT Business Analyst 261112 Systems Analyst English Requirement IELTS result with a minimum score of 6 (L, R, W), 7 in speaking and 7 overall; OET result with a minimum grade B in all sections; TOEFL iBT with a minimum score (L:12 R:13 W:21 S:23 overall L93); PTE Academic with a minimum score of 50 (L, R, W), 65 in speaking and 65 overall Exceptions Australian Graduate exceptions apply in some states/territories Priority Skilled Lists may apply a specific requirement in some states/territories Countries exempt from submitting IELTS or OET include the UK; Canada; New Zealand; US; and Ireland Where mandatory licensing or registration is required you must demonstrate a level of English either sufficient to meet licensing / registration or a minimum IELTS, or equivalent, whichever is higher.

6. Closely Related Core ICT Units Business Information Systems Business Intelligence Business Process Reengineering Business System planning Enterprise architecture – (Enterprise Resource Management, Emerging Technologies) Expert Systems Information System Management Information Systems, Management Information Systems Object Oriented Systems Analysis and Design Requirements gathering Software Engineering Systems Analysis and Design System Development System Integration System Modeling UML User Requirements Definition

7. Additional Closely Related ICT Units Algorithm design (Algorithm development) Artificial intelligence Automata theory Computer Science Critical Path Method Database design, Database implementation Database Management Systems – (Relational Database, Object Oriented Database, RDBMS) File Processing Human Computer Interaction Introduction to ICT – (Introduction to Computer Science, Computer Theory, Introduction to Business Computing, Computer Science I) Introduction to Information Systems Programming – (C, C++, Objective C, Visual C, Basic, Visual Basic, Java, Assembler, Cobol, Pascal, PL/1, Fortran, PHP, Pearl, AS3, FoxPro, and similar) Project Management Quality management – (Quality Assurance, Software Quality) Software validation – (Software Testing, Testing strategies and methods) Web Engineering – (Web Design, Internet Engineering)