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Business Analyst

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Describes how best to represent information






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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).