What is the role of the business systems analyst in testing?

Question

This question was asked during my interview for a Business Analyst position

Answer 1

The business systems analyst is often responsible for ensuring that the business requirements are satisfied by the final system implementation (also called requirements validation process). One requirements validation technique used by business analysts and systems analysts is the creation of test cases to ensure the final implementation supports the system requirements.

The Analyst is also responsible for producing the test plans for the various sub-systems and the system overall. This should all be performed prior to the design being turned over to the development team.