Book

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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Testimonial from David Stodder

May 14, 2007

“Enterprise decision management (EDM) is a leading-edge concept that brings together business intelligence, business rules and business modeling: three areas that have heretofore been progressing along separate paths. By bringing them together, businesses could realize substantial gains through more effective and understandable enterprise decision making, and apply automation where possible to overcome the cost and [...]

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Testimonial from Henry Morris

May 14, 2007

“A thorough examination of the business value and technologies enabling decision management, positioned as the next major wave of business process automation. The book is filled with examples that should help the reader learn from the experiences of other organizations in deploying decision management technologies. Traditional business intelligence addresses the delivery of information, but not [...]

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Testimonial from Hugh Taylor

May 14, 2007

“Smart (Enough) Systems blazes a new trail in the crucial territory of finding the business value in information systems. With a well-tuned blend of technology and business, this book is a great read for anyone trying to discover the potential of decision management in the enterprise.
The book contains dozens of helpful case studies that illuminate [...]

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Testimonial from Michael Hugos

May 14, 2007

“James Taylor and Neil Raden have produced a substantive work that explores what will soon be recognized as the next arena for competitive advantage in our fast-paced global economy. Their central thesis is that organizations must treat decisions as an enterprise asset and take action to increase their “decision yield”. The combined effect of improving [...]

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Testimonial from Jim Sinur

May 14, 2007

“This is the first book, that I have read, that brings together the technologies and techniques needed to make systems smart enough for a modern business.
James and Neil have provided a concise and accessible book that both business and technical managers can use to make their business processes smarter. “Smart (Enough) Systems” is very well [...]

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Testimonial from Christine Pratt

May 14, 2007

“James and Neil provide a clear, concise, and well written book offering both the breadth and depth to make sense of an exciting yet difficult subject. Not only does ‘Smart (Enough) Systems’ cover all aspects of decision automation from the technologies and approaches needed to their impact on existing and future technology architectures; it is [...]

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Testimonial from Alan Simon

May 14, 2007

“Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) is a key facet of high-value operational business intelligence. James Taylor and Neil Raden do an excellent job explaining EDM and helping the readers work those concepts and technologies into future BI development to the benefit of their organizations.”
Alan Simon, author of 27 books including Data Warehousing for Dummies and Business [...]

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Testimonial from Roman Bukary

May 14, 2007

“An important book which finally, for the first time, addresses the topic of enterprise decision making not by relying on IT ‘geekspeak’ but by taking a holistic view of why business people require EDM, why past approaches have failed and why the changing landscape such as ESOA will make EDM even more critical for the [...]

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Testimonial from John Parkinson

May 14, 2007

“Throughout business, every day, critical decisions are made by people – people who may have just the right information and understanding to make good decisions, but just as likely do not. Many of these decisions could be made correctly and consistently if the rules that govern them were understood and the information needed to shape [...]

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Testimonial from David Raab

May 14, 2007

“This is a very important book.  It lays out the agenda for business technology in the new century – nothing less than how to reorganize every aspect of how a company treats its customers. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage of the concepts, the underlying technologies, and implementation techniques. If you read one [...]

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