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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Model slides that define the theme elements. The slide master defines the background elements - colors - and fonts. The layout masters provide a menu of possible layouts to apply to a slide.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






24. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.


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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






43. Describes how best to represent information






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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