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Interesting discussion of Decision Management available

October 31, 2007

I participated in recording this Business Decision Management roundtable with some folks for Brainstorm Group and I highly recommend it.
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Technorati Tags: business decision management, business rules, decision management, EDM, enterprise decision management, predictive analytics, Brainstorm

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Book Reviewed on Column2

October 26, 2007

Sandy Kemsley, a well known BPM blogger, reviewed the book over on Column2 – Smart Enough Systems.

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James interviewed on eStrata blog

October 17, 2007

James was interviewed about Smart (Enough) Systems over on eStrata’s Multichannel Musings blog by Don Obregon – Making Smart (Enough) Decisions

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Book Cited by Steve Miller in DM Review

September 27, 2007

The book was cited by Steve Miller in his DM Review column “Super Crunchers – Lessons for BI Learned and Confirmed.” Steve described the book as providing “painstaking detail on how to use analytics, decision rules and optimization techniques to automate routine decisions”.
Technorati Tags: analytics, Business Intelligence, Decision Management, DM Review, Smart (Enough) Systems, [...]

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James Interviewed and Book Excerpted on InfoQ

September 19, 2007

Jean-Jacque Dubray interviewed James for InfoQ and the site carried an excerpt of Chapter 10 – Book Excerpt and Review: Smart (Enough) Systems

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Book cited by Doug Henschen in Intelligent Enterprise

September 17, 2007

In his blog post “Process, Prediction and Icahn’s Interest in BEA“, Doug Henschen cited Smart (Enough) Systems as a “cogent” look at how analytics need to get in synch with real-time operational decision-making.
Technorati Tags: BPM, business process management, Doug Henschen, Intelligent Enterprise, operational decisions, real-time, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, predictive analytics

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Book review on KD Nuggets

September 12, 2007

KD Nuggets, an online newsletter for data mining and related topics, published Joe McKendrick’s review of Smart (Enough) Systems here.
Technorati Tags: ebizQ, KD Nuggets, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, data mining

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Book cited in an article on the ROI of business rules

September 4, 2007

Ron Ross, who wrote a testimonial for the book, cited the book in his article The Value of Decisions: New Ideas on the ROI of Business Rules for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 9 (Sep. 2007).

Technorati Tags: Business Rules, Business Rules Journal, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Ron Ross, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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The Need for Smart Enough Systems (Part 3)

September 4, 2007

An extract from the book was published as “The Need for Smart Enough Systems (Part 3)” for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 9 (September 2007)

Technorati Tags: Business Rules, Business Rules Journal, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Neil Raden, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book Cited by Cindi Howson

August 29, 2007

Cindi Howson cited Smart (Enough) Systems in her blog posts “Of BI, Crème Brulee and Chocolate Mousse” on Intelligent Enterprise and her own site.
Technorati Tags: Business Intelligence, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book Dicussed on EDS’ Next Big Thing Blog

August 28, 2007

Charlie Bess of EDS discussed the book on the EDS Next Big Thing Blog in his post Smart (Enough) Systems. He also mentioned it again in Breaking Up (Applications) Is Hard To Do
Technorati Tags: Decision Management, Decision Service, EDM, EDS, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Charlie Bess

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Excerpt published on ebizQ

August 27, 2007

An excerpt from Chapter 10, EDM and the IT Department, was published on ebizQ (where James has a blog) – Book Excerpt: Smart (Enough) Systems
Technorati Tags: BPM, business process management, ebizQ, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, SOA, service oriented architecture

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Book reviewed in DM Review

August 27, 2007

Steve Miller reviewed Smart (Enough) Systems in his August 23rd OpenBI Forum column in DM Review – Smart (Enough) Systems – BI Engage
Technorati Tags: analytics, Business Intelligence, Decision Management, DM Review, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book cited in an article on DM Review

August 17, 2007

Gib Basset cited the book in an article on DM Review – Making the Most of Operational Analytics with Enterprise Decision Management.
Technorati Tags: analytics, Business Intelligence, DM Review, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, operational analytics

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Sample Chapter published in TechRepublic

August 17, 2007

The “Why aren’t my systems smart enough already” chapter was made available on TechRepublic today – Why are information systems not as smart as they should be?
Technorati Tags: Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, TechRepublic

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The Need for Smart Enough Systems (Part 2)

August 9, 2007

An extract from the book was published as “The Need for smart Enough Systems (Part 2)” for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 8 (August 2007)

Technorati Tags: Business Rules, Business Rules Journal, James Taylor, Neil Raden, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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Book reviewed and discussed by Ron Ross

August 9, 2007

Ron Ross, who wrote a testimonial for the book, wrote A Case of Dueling Manifestos? Business Rules and Enterprise Decision Management for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 8 (Aug. 2007)

Technorati Tags: Business Rules, Business Rules Journal, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Ron Ross, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Business Rules Manifesto

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James interviewed on Big Sky Associates’ blog

July 30, 2007

James was interview on Big Sky Thinking, the Big Sky Associates’ blog – Interview with James Taylor, author of “Smart (Enough) Systems“
Technorati Tags: analytics, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, operational decisions

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James interviewed on Tom Debevoise’s blog

July 25, 2007

James was interviewed by Tom Debevoise and Tom has made the recording available here – Interview with James Taylor, Smart Enough Systems
Technorati Tags: Business Rules, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Business Process

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Book mentioned on Tom Davenport’s blog

July 24, 2007

Tom Davenport, who wrote Competing on Analytics and a testimonial for the book, discussed it on his blog – Automated Decisions Sneak Up
Technorati Tags: EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems

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