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Price: $7.99 "Best book on Business Architecture so far" - By Paul Bodine
Bernard Morris recently received his Ph.D. and the thesis topic he chose was Business Architecture, the first in the world for this newly formed profession. Bernard's view is holistic, understanding the necessity of collaboration among all areas of the company to identify opportunities and solve business challenges. It's a refreshing step up from the many IT-centric discourses found online, which are missing so many necessary elements. You should have this book on your bookshelf!(5) -
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Launching an Enterprise Business Architecture Practice: A Playbook for Getting Startedby Guy Sereff- Available for download now.
Price: $3.03 "Good introduction to Enterprise Architecture" - By James (United States)
Concise and helpful - readable in one sitting. Recommended for those who are new to the field. Nothing revolutionary presented, but useful in its synthesis of expertise.(13) -
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List Price: $89.95 Price: $74.53 You Save: $15.42 (17%) "Clear and concise written book" - By Paul de Groot (Sydney,AU)
It did give me some additional insight about how the models hang together and the explanation about capability was spot on. The book gives you help but you need to have considerable understanding of the subject matter. I would not recommend to absolute beginners but recommend it for people with some basic or advanced understanding,(2) -
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List Price: $45.00 Price: $20.47 You Save: $24.53 (55%) "Enterprise Architecture Starts Here" - By Sharad Gupta (San Francisco, CA)
This is a must read for anyone interested in the Enterprise Architecture domain. Enterprise Architecture As Strategy cuts to the core of the enterprise architecture. Enterprise Architecture is still an emerging practice and there is a lot of literature out there on this subject, but this book does what other books could not do - which is to put the enterprise architecture in the center of a business. Enterprise architecture enables a business to sustain its core competencies and to capitalize on market opportunities in a changing marketplace. The key concept used in the book is the "Operating Model" concept. An enterprise cannot effectively define its enterprise architecture without understanding its operating model. The central idea of the book is to understand the operating model of an enterprise, which is defined as understanding how an enterprise delivers goods and services to its customers. The operating model of an enterprise then ... full review(118) -
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List Price: $23.95 Price: $23.93 "One of the very few books on EA that explains how to do EA" - By Iwan (Netherlands)
The author clearly knows EA. The best part of the book is that is explains EA from a practical point of view. He explains what EA is and how to apply it from an EA as a verb point of view.
The EA cube framework seems to be applicable and valuable.(36) -
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List Price: $34.99 Price: $22.55 You Save: $12.44 (36%) "A Comprehensive Journey Through Journey Mapping!" - By Leo Frishberg (Portland, OR USA)
When I first took a workshop from Jim on the topic of Diagramming and Customer Experience, I was overjoyed that he had put together such a comprehensive discussion of the topic. Imagine my delight, then, when Jim put his thoughts to paper and created Mapping Experiences.
Three things stand out for me in this book:
* The "taxonomy" of diagrams used in the CX domain. This is the first book I've found that actually catalogs all of the various types of diagrams we use in our discipline
* A theoretical framework that underlies **all** diagrams, specifically the relationship of the business processes to the customer experience ("back of house" vs. "front of house")
* A rational approach to selecting which type of diagram and how to apply it.
All in all, I've enjoyed Jim's easy style, the diagrams and his clear progression throughout the book.(28) -
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List Price: $39.95 Price: $38.76 You Save: $1.19 (3%) "Fantastic recognition that the modern practice of business architecture to accelerate strategic execution is hitting its stride" - By J. Bryan Lail
Business Architecture as a sub-discipline of enterprise architecture has been around for decades, but the usage of these powerful methods and frameworks to drive business design and strategic execution is a more recent development. I congratulate the publisher for building a collection of methodology articles and real business case studies that highlight the potential of this modern practice.(4) -
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Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengersby Yves Pigneur- In Stock.
List Price: $34.95 Price: $20.19 You Save: $14.76 (42%) "Finally, a structured approach to building or reviewing business models" - By Larry Stein
If your a business owner, everything you need to know about developing or reviewing your business can be learned in the first 40 pages of this book. It pulls together all the aspects or building blocks of a business model in a very clear and concise manner utilizing what authors term a Business Model Canvas. This building blocks should be familiar to most if not all business owners: Customer Segments, Value Propositions, Channels, Customer Relationships, Revenue Streams, Key Resources, Key Activities, Key Partners and Cost Structure. The book does not regurgitate information about these building blocks that can be found in so many other sources, but does summarize the key points. The books greatest contribution for the business owner is the canvas. This graphic enables the business owner to quickly visualize just how all these building blocks interacts -- just like a pictorial of ... full review(583) -
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List Price: $72.99 Price: $52.21 You Save: $20.78 (28%) "Good read of advanced networking concepts" - By Joe Wilson (Issaquah, WA)
This book is written for professional networkers who are working with advanced architectures. This book touches on business needs as well as technical discussions and shows probably solutions for large scalable networks. Well written and super helpful in new networking designs.(13) -
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List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.03 You Save: $4.92 (25%) "Very understandable great information and good tips" - By joe daigle
Written with the newbie in mind. Very understandable great information and good tips.. I would recommend this to any new person that is just entering the interior design business very helpful(3) -
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List Price: $99.95 Price: $66.71 You Save: $33.24 (33%) "Best Pragmatic Approach to EBA" - By Skip Boettger (Alexandria, VA USA)
Mr. Whittle's book is very definitive in that it takes James Martin's concepts of Value Streams and supports it by illustrating the behaviors and the relationships within the Value Stream Context of an "end to end set of activities resulting in customer satisfaction".
When I speak at conferences on Enterprise Business Architecture, I make a point of referencing this particular book as a necessity to be on any EA/EBA professional's bookshelf. The Authors did an excellent job in providing a very pragmatic approach to enable Professional Business Driven Architects to understand much more clearly the Business Architecture environment as it fits into the overall Enterprise. Also, the Modeling Language the authors offer in the book is very comprehensive in that it illustrates Value Stream Behavior Characteristics extremely well. Over the last 5 or so years, I have given away many copies of this particular book to ... full review(5)
