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

by Tom Debevoise (Author) "Sumter Rents is a leading construction equipment rental firm in the Southeast U.S..." (more)
Key Phrases: redline values, business rules approach, business rules repository, User Input (more...)

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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"

"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"

"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"

"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"

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

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

Product Description
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!

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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.com Sales Rank: #642,651 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical BPM approach, November 3, 2005

By	Project Manager (Virginia) - See all my reviews

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.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Program Manager - See all my reviews

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.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars starts out slow but gains value; good overview of technologies used in SOA, February 8, 2007

By	Mary Ellen (Natick, MA USA) - See all my reviews

I was going to stop reading after Ch 2 of this book, since it was way more than I wanted to know about bulldozers, but Chapter 3 got into some useful information and detail on how the technologies integrate. Each chapter built and finally tied it all together: how BPM, BPML, BPEL, BI are used in SOA. Good big picture overview of all the technologies role. I especially enjoyed the discussion of brokers to retrofit legacy apps.