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Business Analyst

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1. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.






2. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.






3. A model report in which the theme is predefined. In some templates even some of the slides are already created. For example - the Pitchbook template includes a title slide - a table of contents slide - and a section heading slide.






4. This is a job title typical for an IS graduate. Business analysts work both with business units such as Human Resources and the programmers. They discover the needs of the business unit and then translate those needs into documentation for the progra






5. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts






6. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






7. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate






8. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.






9. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.






10. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.






11. An analysis of five key forces which profiles the attractiveness of an industry. These include the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers - barriers to entry - threat of substitutes - and the competitive rivalry of firms already in the industry.

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12. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.






13. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.






14. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together






15. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.






16. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table






17. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.






18. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.






19. The process of uncovering the numbers that contribute to creating a summary number. Drill down is like being shocked at you ATM balance and then calling the bank to get a list of withdrawls and payments made against your account.






20. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.






21. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.






22. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data






23. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.






24. A business presentation combining concise text and graphics. Schematic reports should be brief - well organized - and easy to navigate. Though usually designed in PowerPoint - schematic reports are intended primarily to be read rather than projected.






25. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.






26. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure






27. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.






28. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.






29. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.






30. A wat to get information out of a database. Often a report will gather information together from multiple tables and present it as a single table






31. Describes how best to represent information






32. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.






33. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness






34. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.






35. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.






36. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.






37. Look like standard reports but with a major difference. They are interactive and allow the user to drill down to disover the source for the summary numbers.






38. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.






39. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.






40. The ability to capture and store information gathered from a form into a database. Database integration also refers to the ability to extract and display information from a database on a website.






41. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.






42. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.






43. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.






44. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns






45. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.






46. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.






47. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure






48. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.






49. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.






50. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.