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software analyst

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Information and communications technology professionals

Software and applications developers and analysts

Software developers

software analyst

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2512.2

Description

Software analysts elicit and prioritise user requirements, produce and document software specifications, test their application, and review them during software development. They act as the interface between the software users and the software development team.

Alternative Labels

analyst of software

application analyst

programmer analyst

programming analyst

software analyst

software analysts

software requirement analyst

software requirements analyst

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

analyse business processes create data models create software design define software architecture define technical requirements design information system develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements develop software prototype execute feasibility study identify ICT user needs interact with users to gather requirements manage ICT legacy implication translate requirements into visual design

Essential Knowledge

ICT system user requirements business requirements techniques data models legal requirements of ICT products software architecture models software design methodologies

Optional Skills and Competences

analyse ICT system create project specifications create prototype of user experience solutions ensure compliance with company regulations ensure compliance with legal requirements identify ICT system weaknesses manage ICT project manage system testing monitor system performance provide ICT consulting advice solve ICT system problems use an application-specific interface

Optional Knowledge

ABAP AJAX APL ASP.NET Agile development Agile project management Assembly (computer programming) C# C++ COBOL CoffeeScript Common Lisp DevOps Erlang Groovy Haskell ICT problem management techniques ICT project management ICT project management methodologies Incremental development Iterative development Java (computer programming) JavaScript LDAP LINQ Lean project management Lisp MATLAB MDX ML (computer programming) N1QL Objective-C Open source model OpenEdge Advanced Business Language Outsourcing model PHP Pascal (computer programming) Perl Process-based management Prolog (computer programming) Prototyping development Python (computer programming) R Rapid application development Ruby (computer programming) SAP R3 SAS language SPARQL SaaS (service-oriented modelling) Scala Scratch (computer programming) Smalltalk (computer programming) Spiral development Swift (computer programming) TypeScript VBScript Visual Studio .NET Waterfall development XQuery computer programming hybrid model levels of software testing object-oriented modelling query languages resource description framework query language service-oriented modelling unified modelling language

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http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/04ba4d6c-957d-417f-bf63-5b9e015a9f86

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software analyst

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