Computer Science 1032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Usability, European Cooperation In Science And Technology

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Louis Magguilli

Document Summary

Business: any endeavor or enterprise that achieves a goal through the effort of a person or persons that involves a monetary component. Business requires money in order to operate. All businesses have a single goal: more money coming in than money going out: this is known as the margin, for-profit (profit, non-profit (surplus, government (budget) [under, large margin means success, low or no margin means failure. What are my costs (what will i have to pay for i. e. money out): salary, this is a cost. It is not margin it is not profit. Logistics: this is a cost, location to conduct business. Infrastructure (secondary supplies computers: sales, this is a cost, advertising, demonstrations display of product, distribution, this is a cost, packaging, delivery and shipping, support, this is a cost, usability and instructions. Running a business: how do you (cid:858)run(cid:859) a business: returns and defects, answer: track everything, why, data: what you track.