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Business Analyst

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1. 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






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






3. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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).






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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