Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0132347962 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Back Cover "Automated decisions systems are probably already being used in your industry, and they will undoubtedly grow in importance. If your business needs to make quick, accurate decisions on an industrialized scale, you need to read this book.""Thomas H. Additional Praise for "Smart (Enough) Systems""James Taylor and Neil Raden are on to something important in this book-the tremendous value of improving the large number of routine decisions that are made in organizations every day.""Dr. Further, most systems struggle to keep up wit
"Why didn't I think of that?" according to Dave Mccomb. I've been in the enterprise software business for a long time, and for a long time I've had several related intuitions about how requirements, rules and SOA fit together. But frankly, I never managed to get to a coherent whole about them. Many times while reading this book I kept saying "yes of course, why didn't I think of . Disjointed wisdom T. Sawhney James Taylor knows the Enterprise Decision Making space and has a lot to teach the rest of us. The first several chapters make an excellent business case for the use of decision systems. I found myself underlining and marking content on several pages. His message, however, gets muted by his disjointed writing style, a proble. "A book that spans two worlds and helps you make better decisions" according to Mark P. McDonald. Smart Enough Systems is a book with one foot in two worlds. At one level, it is a business book addressing the issues of using information and decision support. On the other level it is almost a BI/DSS for the less intelligent in terms of its step by step guidance on working through these issues. Fortunately the books premis
He is a practicing consultant, industry analyst, speaker and author. James TaylorPrior to co-founding Smart (Enough) Systems, James Taylor was a Vice President at Fair Isaac Corporation where he developed and refined the concept of enterprise decision management or EDM. Hired Brains, and its predecessor company, Archer Decision Sciences, have been in business for over 20
Hugh J. Davenport, Professor, Babson College, Author of Competing on Analytics The computer-based systems most organizations rely on to support their businesses are not very smart. The fact is that much of today’s existing technology has the potential to be “smart enough” to make a big difference to an organization’s business. This book tells you how. Although the business context and underlying principles are explained in a nontechnical manner, the book also contains how-to guidance for more technical readers. The book’s companion site, smartenoughsystems, has additional information and references for practitioners as well as news and updates. Additional Praise for Smart (Enough) Systems“James Taylor and Neil Raden are on to something important in this book–the tremendous value of improving the large number of routine decisions that are made in organizations every day.”Dr. If your business needs to make quick, accurate decisions on an industrialized scale, you need to read this book.”Thomas H. This should be on every operational executive’s and every CIO’s list of essential reading.”John Parkinson, Former CTO, Capgemini, North Ameri