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Book

Book mentioned on TIBCO blog

July 20, 2007

Paul Vincent wrote about the book on the TIBCO Complex Event Processing blog – Decision Management and CEP
Technorati Tags: EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Complex Event Processing, TIBCO

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Review on the BI in Action blog

July 19, 2007

Joe McKendrick wrote a review of the book on the ebizQ BI in Action blog – Why We Can Go to the Moon, But We Can’t Make Informed Decisions.
Technorati Tags: Business Intelligence, Business Rules, Decision Management, EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, ebizQ

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James interviewed by ComputerWire Computergram

July 16, 2007

James was interviewed by Madan Sheina for the July 16th issue of Computergram

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The Need for Smart Enough Systems (Part 1)

July 11, 2007

An extract from the book was published as “The Need for smart Enough Systems (Part 1)” for Business Rules Journal, Vol. 8, No. 7 (July 2007)  
Technorati Tags: Business Rules, James Taylor, Neil Raden, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Business Rules Journal

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James interviewed on Intelligent Enterprise

July 9, 2007

Doug Henschen of Intelligent Enterprise published a Q&A with James “Smart Systems Without Rocket Science“
Technorati Tags: EDM, Enterprise Decision Management, James Taylor, Smart (Enough) Systems, smartenoughsystems, Intelligent Enterprise

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Review on The Performance Guys blog

July 2, 2007

Pat Morrissey of Savvion, who wrote a testimonial for the book, reviewed it on The Performance Guys blog.

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James wrote a white paper on Smart-Enough Decisions

June 29, 2007

James wrote a thought-leadership white paper “Smart-Enough Customer Decisions” for Montgomery Research discussing how smart-enough customer decisions can improve results for all concerned.

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Testimonial from Scott Ambler

June 8, 2007

“This book provides a robust philosophical foundation and pragmatic advice for transforming your management and use of data into an activity which provides true business benefit, a far cry from what we see in the vast majority of organizations today. The need for an order of magnitude of greater data agility is upon us, and [...]

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Testimonial from Bill Schmarzo

May 15, 2007

“The data warehouse and business intelligence industry has been struggling for two decades to figure out how to deliver compelling business value. What we see is a return to our roots of figuring out how to help organizations leverage data and analytics to make better decisions. James and Neil outline what companies need to do [...]

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Testimonial from Sandy Kemsley

May 15, 2007

Taylor and Raden’s central manifesto highlights that it’s critical to embody more intelligence in today’s business decision-making and have consistent, automated decisioning built into business processes in order to remain agile and competitive in today’s fast-moving market. They take you through the core concepts of enterprise decision management (EDM), dive into the underlying technologies, then [...]

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Testimonial from Michael Koscielny

May 15, 2007

“Very thought provoking! After spending 10 years in the business rules space, Smart (Enough) Systems takes EDM to a new level for me.  This book is a blue print to creating systems that are in tune with the customer and their needs.  Real time decisions that are consistent, accurate and specific to the situation would [...]

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Testimonial from David Luce

May 15, 2007

“This book provides an excellent introduction to the key issues addressed by the technology, the related core concepts and it also provides guidance for its implementation including readiness assessments for your business units and technology departments.”
David Luce Information Technology Architect

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Testimonial from Charlie Lewis

May 15, 2007

“This is a good survey book of the subject of smart systems and many related fields. If you want to understand what they are and why you should care (and you should), read this book.”
Charlie Lewis, Air Products and Chemicals, Global IT Chief Architect and Innovation Champion, Instructor Pennsylvania State University

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Testimonial from Tom Debevoise

May 15, 2007

“Even though Business Rules has around as a discipline and a methodology for many years, it is a field that is poorly understood by management. Because Business Rules is dominated by technologists and a confusing mix of data modeling and artificial intelligence, managers and executives struggle with the benefits and necessity. “Smart (Enough) Systems” overcomes [...]

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Testimonial from Ron Ross

May 15, 2007

“A masterful presentation of an important new idea, Enterprise Decision Management (EDM). Like BPM, EDM is destined to provide a focal point where business minds and IT engineers can find common and very fertile ground to plan for success. As the authors say, the business rule approach has evolved and proven itself convincingly over the [...]

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Testimonial from Patrick Morrissey

May 15, 2007

“Smart (Enough) Systems delivers razor sharp insight into the power of people and technology to deliver organization impact and competitive advantage.  Taylor and Raden do a masterful job providing depth and color around industry and technology trends, illuminate some hard truths about organizational change and expose the delta between business strategy and operational reality.  They [...]

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Testimonial from David Ullman

May 15, 2007

“This book is an excellent introduction to Enterprise Decision Management. It is sufficiently detailed to help choose which decisions are ripe of automation and to develop the rule sets for them. It explains how EDM fits in the organization and how to interface with existing IT systems. Most sections have brief real-world examples that help [...]

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Testimonial from Mark Clare

May 15, 2007

“A must read for anyone that is serious about improving the art and practice of organizational decision-making.”
Mark Clare, Vice President, Parkview Health. Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern University

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Testimonial from Jim Ericson

May 15, 2007

“The book is more than a primer and handbook, it is an instruction manual that can be used collaboratively by both sides of the organization. The business-oriented sections of the book justify and explain the need for the technical requirements, which ought to make for constructive leadership and better decisions that are understood throughout the [...]

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Testimonial from Joe McKendrick

May 14, 2007

“While growing up, the big rhetorical question I often heard asked was, “If we can send people all the way to the Moon and back, why can’t we… ? (Fill in the blank with a frustration – predict tomorrow’s weather, design a car that runs on something besides oil, make a good omelet…). The same [...]

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