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Business Analyst

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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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12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






24. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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).






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






47. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






50. 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.