Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture [Hardcover]

Tom Debevoise (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2005

HE’S 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!

Editorial Reviews

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"This book demystifies the roles of business processes and business rules in I.T. and makes technology productive again..." --Peter Ramsaroop, author of "Surfing the Leadership Wave"

"Tom Debevoise is a godsend for any business that wants to lead instead of follow..." --Mark Sirkin, author of “The Secret Life of Corporations”

"This practical guide is a must for every manager who wants to know how to use tomorrow's technology today ..." --Jean E. Cunningham & Orest J. Fiume, authors of "Real Numbers"

About the Author

Tom Debevoise is a highly successful technology consultant and co-founder of Business Knowledge Architects, based in Virginia. His clients include major energy, pharmaceutical, engineering and environmental firms and the US Department of Defense. An extremely popular speaker at business conferences, Tom has authored several books, including "The Data Warehouse Method" in 1999, as well as numerous technical and trade journal articles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Business Knowledge Architects (October 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976904802
• ISBN-13: 978-0976904809
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,519,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Debevoise is an executive technologist with 20+ years of experience as a BPM/Business Rules Practitioner, leader, trainer Member Object Management Group (OMG) BPM Practice Group. He has specific business rules experience in the fields of Supply Chain Management, Petroleum, Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials, and Health Care.

Tom is the author of three books, "The Data Warehouse Method," "Business Process Management with a Business Rules Approach" (2006), and "A Microguide to Process Modeling in BPMN" (2008). He is a contributor to numerous technical and trade journal articles.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Program Manager, November 8, 2005

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This review is from: Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture (Hardcover)

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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Business Intelligence, May 9, 2007

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This review is from: Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture (Hardcover)

The book could be an invaluable tool for designing SOA-based business intelligence. However, many typing errors exist in the text. Some statements in the book appear to contradict each other. The discussion on the business intelligence, Chapter 5, is difficult to follow. For example Figure 5.4 is very unclear. Specifically, how do the data from the dimensions in the data warehouse move from the data warehouse to the MQE? Where is the link from the data warehouse to the MQE? If the author can clean up all these issues, the book could be an excellent one for designing SOA-based business intelligence.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical BPM approach, November 2, 2005

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This review is from: Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture (Hardcover)

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.