{"id":706,"date":"2016-12-05T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T21:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:36:59","slug":"difference-business-analyst-systems-analyst-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/difference-business-analyst-systems-analyst-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a business analyst and a systems analyst? | FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s important to understand the differences between a business analyst and a systems analyst to see which speaks more to your career goals. Watch this video where Brent Combrink, Head Tutor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/products\/uct-business-systems-analysis-online-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Cape Town Business Systems Analysis online short course<\/a>, explains the differences and helps you identify which BSA role is more suited to your abilities and your professional goals.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ri-ciVHXixY\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although both a business analyst and a systems analysts deal with the process within an organisation, there are differences that affect the nuances of their functions. If you consider a business analyst their focus is more on the business and the broader context of the business&#8217;s objectives and changes. A systems analyst has a greater focus on the creation and implementation of requirements specific for specific systems with a more technical approach to the work they do. A business analyst&#8217;s role might refer more to concepts like company culture, important changes and training and development whereas a systems analyst would be dedicated to more technical considerations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>Think you\u2019ve got what it takes to be either a business analyst or a systems analyst?<\/h5>\n<p>Find out more about this UCT BSA short course.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button large postcta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/products\/uct-business-systems-analysis-online-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TELL ME MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Transcription<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The main difference between a business analyst and a systems analyst is that the BA is business specific and focuses on the broader context in the business of business changes and systems development for a business. On the other hand, the systems analyst will focus on system specific requirements. So the BA is systems agnostic and the systems analyst will look at the technical requirements for a system. Also the BA might also focus on more organisational aspects like training and cultural changes that need to happen in the business and the systems analyst would focus more on the system\u2019s quality requirements and quality control.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got what it takes to be either a business analyst or a systems analyst?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":40151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[122,127],"article-format":[191],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-business-management","tag-career-advice","article-format-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Difference Between A Business Analyst And A Systems Analyst?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch this video where Brent Combrink from the UCT BSA online short course explains the differences between a business analyst and a systems analyst.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/difference-business-analyst-systems-analyst-faqs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the difference between a business analyst and a systems analyst? 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