What are the similarities between BSA/BA and a BPX

Question

i have been working as an abap developer for past five years and wish to gather some information on business system analyst...i wish to know if the same rules apply for sap (<i>implementation through ASAP or the different phases of a business process</i>)...<b>the rules of RUP (using rational suite),requisite pro for managing requirements,ITIL,SOX,COBIT</b>..
(any help would be appreciated a lot ! & points)
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Answer 1

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES- Business analyst/Business system analyst
1.     Identify business problem (given by the higher management) - document form.
2.     Look for alternate methods to solve the problem. Automation (IT) is the possible solution.
3.     project proposal – document form
4.     Feasibility analysis. I.e.
4.1     Technical feasibility.
4.2     Operational feasibility.
4.3     Time (cost benefit analysis) - COCOMO model/project estimation tools.
4.4     Economic feasibility.  (cost benefit analysis)- COCOMO model/project estimation tools
5.     Business case document. (why? business benefits) – Deliverables.
6.     project scope(high level business requirement)
6.1     Scope document (what business is expecting?)
6.2     Scope document (what is the boundary?)
7.     Creation of first cut of project plan.
8.     Business requirement in detail.
8.1     business modeling (define system context)
8.1.1     ARIS
8.1.2     Define high value business.
8.1.3     Change processes.
8.1.4     Functional diagram/process chain diagram.
8.2.1     UML
8.2.2     Assembly time diagram.
8.2.3     Ericson penken diagram.
8.3.1     BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING NOTATION.
9.     Business process architecture.
9.1     High level business processes.
9.2     Business services
9.3     Enterprise architecture.
9.4     Data integration layer.
10.     Conversion of business use cases into system use case – using rational suite or similar.
11.     specifications (if needed)
12.     Use case models.
12.1     Activity diagrams.
12.2     Preliminary architecture analysis.
12.2.1     define use case packages - document
12.2.2     key abstractions – document
12.2.3     interdependencies – document
12.2.4     Analysis mechanisms.
12.2.5     Sequence diagrams.
12.2.6     Class diagrams.
12.2.7     Collaboration diagrams.
12.2.8     State diagrams.
12.2.9     Object diagrams.
12.2.10     Conceptual data modeling.
12.2.11     DBA making logical and data modeling.
12.2.12     User interface design.
13     Passed through diagram.
14     Requirement elicitation.
15     Documentation.
16     Requirement analysis.
17     Requirement management.
18     Requirement validation testing.
18.1     verification (everybody in the team come to one decision)
18.2     validation (computer testing)
18.3     Test plans.
18.4     Test scenarios.
18.5     Test cases for use cases (conflict level).
18.6     User interface information and functional information and data information.
19.     Low fidelity prototypes.
20.     High fidelity prototypes.
21.     Test cases – test data design (system testing).
22.     Validating the cases.
23.     Functional testing.
23.1     Usability testing.
23.2     User acceptance test (both done using tools like mercury test director, test manager, win runner).
24.     Requirement change and submission of defects.
24.1     Change request management.
24.2     Clear quest.
25.     Bug tracking.
26.     Storing all information and project in repository.
26.1     Using clear case (rational suite).
26.2     Configuration management.
26.3     Change management.
26.4     Request management – requisite pro.
26.5     Done by CME.
27.     Test compilation reports- requirement management plan.
28.     Training / assisting development/support guide.
ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES - Business process expert
1.     ANALYSE PHASE.
1.1     Business planning and analytical services.
1.1.1     Designing a planning model.
1.1.2     Creating a planning function.
1.1.3     Designing a query.
1.1.4     Embedding queries into workbook.
1.1.5     Designing a workbook.
1.1.6     Designing a web application.
1.1.7     Executing a planning application.
1.2     Analysis process design.
1.2.1     Data modeling.
1.2.2     Analysis process design.
1.2.3     Data mining configuration.
1.2.4     Designing a query.
1.2.5     BI user interaction.
1.3     Enterprise knowledge management.
1.3.1     Content integration and management.
1.3.2     Content creation, publication and access.
1.3.3     Identifying needs and define requirements. change management.
1.4     ASAP.
1.4.1     Project preparation.
1.4.2     Blueprinting.
1.4.3     Realization.
2.     DESIGN PHASE.
2.1     User centered design.
2.1.1     Understanding users.
2.1.2     Defining interaction.
2.1.3     Design user interface.
2.1.4     Development validation.
2.2     use of VISIO
2.3     Use of ARIS.
2.3.1     Creation of consistent process architecture.
2.3.2     Configuration of sap components.
2.3.3     Interfaces and development of add-on.
2.3.4     Process oriented testing.
2.3.5     Quality control.
2.4     Use of guided procedures.
2.4.1     Idea management.
3     IMPLEMENT PHASE
3.1     Prepare the project.
3.1.1     Creating roadmaps.
3.2     Create business blueprint.
3.3     Realize the project.
3.4     Make final preparations.
3.5     GO-LIVE using ASAP.
3.6     Support for offline processes.
4     OPERATE PHASE.
4.1     Execute or deploy business process.
4.2     Monitor business process.
5     OPTIMIZE PHASE.
5.1     Measure business process.
5.2     Improve business process.
5.3     Release upgrade.
The above points/procedures elaborate a lot amongst them….like one point in itself is a whole procedure guide….still this is what I could gather…the tools used by them may differ by organizations and also there budgets &#61514;……any help or suggestion would be appreciated…….thanks to MR. Yusuf  Mansoor (sr. business system analyst)
also the SOX laws/COBIT and ITIL are somethings which are decided by the higher management, for ex. if a company is utilizing configuration management or change management tool may be it has an in built SOX compliance and it works as according to the business rule.