Which of the following is NOT listed as an Analyst responsibility?

• A. Gather business requirements and write user stories
• B. Review current state of work and identify KPIs to measure success
• C. Prioritize work and create a release plan to set realistic stakeholder expectations
• D. Coordinate release communications with customers

Answer: (D)

Coordinating release communications with customers isn’t typically a responsibility of an analyst. An analyst focuses on understanding what the business needs and turning it into actionable items: gathering requirements and writing user stories, reviewing the current state to identify KPIs and success metrics, and helping the team plan by prioritizing work and shaping a release plan to meet stakeholder expectations. Communicating release details to customers is more aligned with project or release management, where the role is to manage external communications, go-live notices, and change management with customers. So, among the options, the activity that doesn’t fit the typical analyst duties is coordinating release communications with customers. The other tasks describe core analyst activities.