Your school library should have journals and periodicals dating back at least several decades or may subscribe to online research services which do. Look at several recent articles in information technology journals regarding systems analysis, as well as several articles from at least 25 years ago.

a. Compare the recent articles to the older ones.

Do there appear to be significant differences in the typical knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or experience that systems analysts needed 25 years ago compared to now?

b. If you found some differences, what are the ones that you consider most important?

c. What do you think are some of the reasons for these changes?

d. Now get out your crystal ball and look into the future 25 years from now. What differences do you predict between the systems analysts of today and those in 25 years?