Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture 
asked by costa on November 27, 2006 9:39 AM
HES REVOLUTIONIZED I.T. OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD NOW HE WANTS TO HELP YOUR BUSINESS SOAR. Whether you're in government, manufacturing or retailing, you need Tom's know-how to cut time and expense while solving your pressing I.T. needs. Using straightforward, entertaining case, the author: *save thousands of dollars in development time and labor costs *shows you how to streamline and supercharge your company's I.T. capabilities *prevents wasteful purchases of redundant, nonproductive information technology *finds products and services hiding in your organization that you can sell to your customers *teaches you how to build and direct teams of people to carry out your strategic plans *outlines ways to upgrade and incorporate older systems into your new business processes *frees valuable time that you can spend taking care of customers and growing your business Learn Who Top CEOs Call To Solve Their Integration Nightmares. When your personal PC acts up, you take it to the computer repair shop. But when a multimillion enterprise integration project is over budget and late and there's no end in sight, the world's smartest and CEOs call in high-tech troubleshooter Tom Debevoise, a technical leader who's saved companies hundreds of millions dollars with his innovative solutions. Now, in this easy-to-follow new book, Tom reveals how any business, including yours, can harness the newest breed of Business Process Management and Business Rules software -- the same systems that have trust GE, JetBlue, Progressive Insurance and eBay.com to the top of their fields!
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This tome is a must-read for any manager, CIO, CEO or executive who is facing the task of getting their house in order with respect to SOx. Tom's thorough exploration of Business Rules perfectly aligns itself to control documentation and assessment required for Sox compliance. Tom's case study approach makes understanding and integrating Business Process Management an easy task.
reviewed by trailrider on November 29, 2006 4:16 AM
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I enjoyed this book. In Tom's view BPM should be a rapid, organic process in a company. While the language is simple, don't be fooled - the case study explores many complex issues. As well as business rules and BPM, the author ties business intelligence into the theme. There is no question that BPM, Business Rules and Business Intelligence are critical for every company's strategy. This book was pretty good at tying it all together. If you what to get the BPM religion, read Fengar and Smith.
reviewed by alec on November 29, 2006 9:02 AM
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Business Rules are just one area of advancement within trendy IT thinking today yet we need to know how they should work with BPM tools. This book tries to lay out a vision for two development methodologies. The business rules section is a bit sparse but there are plenty of good references on this subject. I particularly liked the chapter devoted to process convergence, which takes the BPM concepts and applies them to a data processing environment. Another strong point is that the book's case study provides many examples to reinforce points under discussion. The index is well organized. The illustrations that are sprinkled throughout the book also add humor and clarity.
reviewed by maxmill on November 29, 2006 1:54 PM
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This is a wonderful little book. The author explains in simple language how teams actually build business processes with today's software. Today's IT strategies are very complicated and it's hard to determine the correct approach for solving problems. The case study in the book clarifies how BPM and Business rules software works. Also, the author has included many diagrams to show how these solutions should fit together. If your company is considering BPM, this book will show you how to make it happen.
reviewed by librarian on November 29, 2006 4:02 PM