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Business Analyst

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.

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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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. 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).






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






33. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. An unfortunate reuse of the word template







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