One of the biggest sources of confusion with Enterprise Decision Management or EDM is the worry that it requires enterprise-wide adoption to be valuable. That, unless a huge project is undertaken to adopt the technologies and approaches required, no value will be gained. “Enterprise” is, after all, one of the most overused term in the [...]
Smart (Enough) Systems
Just heard that Symbol-Plus Publishing of St. Petersburg will be translating Smart (Enough) Systems into Russian. Interesting…
Scott Ambler reviewed the book on Dr Dobbs’ Journal today – Dr. Dobb’s Agile Newsletter 12/07.
My friend Cyril Brookes published a Q&A about the book here – Memo to Business Analysts: A Compelling Treatise on Why and How Businesses should Automate Decisions. Enjoy.
One of my favorite things to do on my blog is respond to questions from readers. To make it easy to find these going forward I have added a new category – Reader Questions. Email me (james at smartenoughsystems.com) if you have a question you’d like me to answer on the blog. Anyway, this week [...]
I just noticed that amazon.com is discounting the book so, if you (or your friends) don’t own a copy, now would be a great time to buy one. You can buy it here for just $41.00!
Dave Wright and Scott Ambler have started a discussion about the book over on the Requirements Network – check out this topic (registration required) if you want to join in.
Sandy Kemsley posted her review of Smart (Enough) Systems to the Intelligent Enterprise blog – Smart Enough Systems: Change Rules, Not Processes
I always enjoy reading David Raab’s work and his recent post on marketing software was no exception. In The Next Big Leap for Marketing Software he makes a number of great points and I particularly like the steps he lays out for getting people on board. I have blogged before about the value of using [...]
I saw this article today on Real-Time Analytics: The Importance of Strategic Alignment and Ease of Use, and it made me think (again) about the danger of pretty pictures. While the article makes some good points about analytics in manufacturing, it seems to me that the author is sucked in to thinking that pretty pictures [...]
The book was excerpted for Thomas Erl’s SOA Magazine – Smart Enough for SOA: Incorporating Enterprise Decision Management into Service Design
Sandy Kemsley, a well known BPM blogger, reviewed the book over on Column2 – Smart Enough Systems.
Neil and I were up next presenting on Business Rules, Decision Management and Smarter Systems. Here is the slide deck on Slideshare. | View | Upload your own
James was interviewed about Smart (Enough) Systems over on eStrata’s Multichannel Musings blog by Don Obregon – Making Smart (Enough) Decisions
“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 [...]
“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 [...]
