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Business Analyst

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






2. 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






3. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse






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






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






6. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.






7. 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.






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






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






10. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






17. 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.






18. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.






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






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






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






22. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.






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






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






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






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






27. A method for designing information systems. The life cycle proceeds through the following stages: an analysis of the current state - development of requirements - design of a solution - development from the design and finally to implementation or rol






28. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.






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






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






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






32. 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.


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






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






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






36. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.






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






38. 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.






39. The total interest paid over the life of the loan. The finance charge is calculated by adding up all of the loan payments and then subtracting from this total the amount originally borrowed.






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






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






42. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table






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






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






45. 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.






46. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.






47. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.






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






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






50. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.