http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/Business-Analysis-blog.html This Business Analysis blog journals the progress and news from the the Business Analysis Made Easy website. en-us business analysis made easy Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:17:00 GMT Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:17:00 GMT business-analysis-made-easy.com http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/is-a-business-analyst-required-to-have-all-skills-to-become-one.html Is a Business Analyst required to have all skills to become one or be called a business analyst? Answer Very few business analysts have all the skills. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:16:57 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/what-is-a-decision-support-system.html What is a DSS? Answer Here is a quote from a government website: A Decision Support System (DSS) can be defined in many ways. The working definition Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:48:27 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/mean-and-standard-deviation.html If the mean is 25.8 and standard deviation is 4.7, what does that mean? Answer First please follow these links and read the information there: Mean Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:34:54 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/business-analyst-certification.html Are there any industry recognized certifications available for the business analyst? Answer The main organization that gives business analyst certifications Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:15:58 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/are-the-normal-probability-curve-and-the-normal-curve-the-same.html Are the normal probability curve and normal curve the same? Answer Yes they are. Whenever you see the familiar bell shaped curve, then you know that Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:52:41 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/limited-liability-company.html How do I decide which legal form a start up business should be? Answer Here are the alternatives: C-Corporation S-Corporation Sole Proprietorship Partnership Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:37:44 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/decision-making-process.html Are logic, experience, ethical concerns and legal ramifications more important than scientific inquiry in making decisions? Answer What factor is most Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:33:37 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/how-will-i-enter-the-data-in-making-the-line-graph.html I want to make a line graph but the problem is I don't know how to enter my data in distance and in elevation. Kindly please help me on this how to start Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:15:10 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/NPV-Calc.html Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:53:40 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/corporate-finance.html Under the trial and error method of calculating internal rate of return, what is the decision rule for accepting or rejecting a project? Answer: The Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:37:55 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/5-stages-in-decision-making.html Explain how the five stages of the buying decision process might be applied in the following situations 1)The new task buying of a conveyor belt for a Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:14:35 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/standard-deviation-math.html If my mean is 25, the oldest age is 49 and the standard deviation is 5.9, how do you tell how many standard deviations 49 is away from the mean? Answer: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:57:24 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/what-do-i-need-to-become-a-business-analyst.html I am a marketing professional. I am working as a project coordinator in a business consultancy company. I want to change my job profile and switch to Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:56:07 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/business-analytic-tools.html What are business analytic tools? Give a live example of an organization which uses business analytic tools? Answer: Business analytic tools can be any Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:04:10 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/analytical-models-in-decision-making.html How are analytical models used in decision making? Answer: Here is a logical approach to using analytical models. First start the steps outlined in Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:08 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/tools-for-business-analysis.html What are the tools used for business analysis? Answer: There are a number of business analysis tools. They include: Decision Making Models Quantitative Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:43:34 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/graph-debits-and-credits.html How do I graph debits and credits of a business Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:54:50 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/measuring-decision-making.html I agree with your model. I am just curious if you have done any measurement of how effective or efficient the decisions made with your models are Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:24:01 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/irr1.html Do loan terms affect IRRs Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:21:26 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/different-types-of-decision-making.html What art the different types of decision making Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:17:47 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/decision-making-data.html I have an assignment with no costs related to the problem. A new product coming out that has a median mileage of 36,500 and a deviation of 5000. How Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:33:28 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/margin-example.html Explain and show how margin works. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:24:19 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/Create-A-Graph.html Create A Graph gives you the tools for making a graph. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:41:34 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/business-contingency-plans.html What is a business contingency plan? Please give an example of this in the food service industry Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:01:01 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/knowledge-versus-intuition-in-decision-making.html Has there been any research done on what is the comparison of knowledge versus intuition used in Decision making by leaders? Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:02:41 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/models.html Explain the relevance of models of decision making in business operations Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:57:50 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/project-analysis.html Lets say I have a company that wants to sell a new line of golf clubs. The clubs will sell for $750 per set and have a variable cost of $300 per set. The Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:44:59 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/internal-rate-of-return-question.html Why do we prefer to choose the project with the highest internal rate of return above the opportunity cost Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:19:54 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/2-types-of-six-sigma-activities.html It seems to me that I read that there are 2 types of Six Sigma activities. 1) One is designed to take on going processes and improve them. This is what Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:17:44 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/standard-deviation.html What is the definition of standard deviation Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:07:44 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/business-analyst-vs-business-process-analyst.html There is a business analyst organization http://www.theiiba.org and a couple of business process management organizations. http://www.abpmp.org -> business Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:38:33 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/irr-cash-flows.html if the investment takes 3 or more years and the cash generation starts from year 3 onwards, which will be treated as the base year investment for calculation Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:27:06 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/irr-and-npv.html expected cash flow: year Cash Flow o -500,000 1 100,000 2 110,000 3 550,000 Discount rate 0, what is the net present Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:19:03 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/weights-for-a-decision-matrix.html How can I calculate the weights in your decision making matrix Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:00:05 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/gross-margin-mark-up.html How much should I mark up a product (course of study) if I want to achieve a 90 gross margin Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:55:09 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/define-decision.html Define decision making and quantitative methods Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:45:30 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/Desicions.html Desicions - Spelling in not important when you are trying to make a desicion (decision). Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:03:34 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/simple-interest-calculate-question.html Please give me the equation for the simple interest calculator. Thank yo Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:23:04 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/analysis-of-the-data.html What is the role of standard deviation in relation to data analysis Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:44:33 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/double-line-graph.html Can I create a double line graph Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:41:01 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/decision-making-factors.html what factors can influence a decision? Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:37:55 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/installment-loan-payoff.html What is the payoff on a $10,000 loan with an interest rate of 6 percent for 36 months, if I want to pay it off after only 14 payments. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:34:59 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/irr.html I have tried hard to find a formula which can help me to solve a question. If one of my client is interested in investing 10,000 for 10 years with Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:07:56 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/discount-rate-for-a-net-present-value-project.html I would like to calculate a present value of a stream of earnings using the following criteria: * Discount period is 25 year period; * Earnings Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:53:41 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/irr-npv.html If the Cost of Capital is 12 and the Internal Rate of Return is also 12, what will the Net Present Value be? Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:14:00 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/line-graph.html Hello, I have line graph that represents the number of years of a schools existence vs the number of computers purchased each year. The first point Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:17:39 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/process-flows-or-demos.html I was asked to perform a Demo on a project without requirements and confused as to how I can put a process flow together or perform a Demo. What are Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:07:15 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/organizational-decision-making-models.html What are garbage can and process models of decision making and their details? Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:39:22 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/how-to-develop-roi-of-business.html Please give information on how to increase ROI in a Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:47:49 GMT http://www.business-analysis-made-easy.com/financial-analysis.html What are the financial analysis skills required for business Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:43:36 GMT