What is a business problem?

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Published on 2012-12-15T10:17:33Z Indexed on 2012/12/15 11:21 UTC
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Can you give an example or two of what a business problem is? I hear this word thrown around a lot, but even after searching, I cannot find a clear answer. Especially when it comes to software development.

Are any of these classified as a business problem?

Convert invoice from format A to format B
Send data from Company A database to Company B database
Create a program for time reporting
Make the financial software retrieve data faster
Generate a weekly data transfer volume statistic

Or is a business problem something else?

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