IT Production Services
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0130659002 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is one of the industry¿s leading experts on simplifying IT and making it work. He has taught IT classes at UCLA and California State University, Los Angeles.MAYRA MUNIZ is the Director, Publishing Coordination for Change Technology Solutions, Inc. HARRIS KERN is a world-renowned author, lecturer, and IT consultant. . He is founder and leader of the Harris Kern Enterprise Computing Institute.RICH SCHIESSER has spent two decad
Drawing on data compiled from 200+ enterprise IT assessments, it's your start-to-finish guide for effective IT infrastructure management in business-critical environments. Until now." -- Rachel Pong, COO, Exonomy Limited, A subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank "clearly addresses how to effectively deploy and support world-class applications." --Bill Parker, CIO, AgwayThe best enterprise IT organizations have discovered the secret to high-performance infrastructure management: build a true Production Services function and realistic Production Acceptance processes. IT Production Services shows you how to do it, too. "describes in practical terms one of the most important functions of an IT infrastructure: that of deploying a well-designed development system into a well-running production system." --Kenneth Moskowitz, CIO, Thomson Financial "The Production Acceptance assessment worksheets are extremely valuable in evaluating the quality of an IT infrastructure" --Brian Shield, EVP, CIO, The Weather Channel "The Ten Commandments for establishing a
. Should be followed religiously." -- Joe Feiu, VP, NeoDimensions "esents the critical technical aspects of world-class infrastructure in a very business-like manner." -- Mark Egan, CIO, Symantec Corporation "Hundreds of books describe how to design and develop world-class applications, but few ever describe how to successfully deploy these systems. "IT Production Services" shows you how to do it, too. Until now." -- Rachel Pong, COO, Exonomy Limited, A subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank "early addresses how to effectively deploy and support world-class applications." --Bill Parker, CIO, Agway The best enterprise IT organizations have discovered the secret to high-performance infrastructure management: build a true Production Services function and realistic Production Acceptance p
"Substantially valuable with some gaps" according to Mike Tarrani. First, the positive points of this book:- it focuses on a narrow, but important, topic (production control and production acceptance)- a solid case is made for a parallel QA function for infrastructure instead of relying exclusively on QA for applications- the case studies and checklists provided are valuable artifacts and both support the approach set forth in this book and underscores the value of production control as a key functionWhere this book falls short is . I love my book and I am not willing to share it. Sabrina This book has been a saving grace for me in my Consulting Project Management engagement at my client site. I swear that my client is to the letter one of the case studies that the book highlights.The book has helped me to sit down as part of an Enterprise Financials deploy and discuss intelligently and in an organized fashion with the Senior IT Management how we can get to a stabilized Production Services model.No magic, no mystique, just good old true and tried way. "Excellent addition to the IT bookshelf" according to A Customer. This book succeeds in many ways, and to follow up to another reviewer who asks if the authors have not heard of ITIL, I contend that this book goes well beyond what you get from ITIL publications. Those are almost exclusively theory, and there almost nothing actionable or a single example to be found. That being said, I am a huge proponent of ITIL as well, and am ITIL certified. Nothing in this volume that I can find is anything but complementary to and builds upon