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Business Analyst

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. A built in Excel function that calculates loan payments. Inputs to the function include the loan amount (pv) - the interest rate (rate) - and the number of loan payments (nper).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






49. 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.






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