Smart Enough Systems

“This book provides a robust philosophical foundation and pragmatic advice for transforming your management and use of data into an activity which provides true business benefit, a far cry from what we see in the vast majority of organizations today. The need for an order of magnitude of greater data agility is upon us, and this book should prove to be a wake-up call to the ‘data professionals’ in your organization. The entire book is great.”

Scott W. Ambler, Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Rational

“The data warehouse and business intelligence industry has been struggling for two decades to figure out how to deliver compelling business value. What we see is a return to our roots of figuring out how to help organizations leverage data and analytics to make better decisions. James and Neil outline what companies need to do to realize the value from many years of investment in data and technology infrastructure by introducing the concepts that support a true decision platform.”

Bill Schmarzo, Vice President, Advertiser Analytics Yahoo Inc. Formerly Vice President, Analytic Applications Business Objects.

Taylor and Raden’s central manifesto highlights that it’s critical to embody more intelligence in today’s business decision-making and have consistent, automated decisioning built into business processes in order to remain agile and competitive in today’s fast-moving market. They take you through the core concepts of enterprise decision management (EDM), dive into the underlying technologies, then address how to integrate EDM into your business processes to create your own Smart (Enough) Systems.

“Very thought provoking! After spending 10 years in the business rules space, Smart (Enough) Systems takes EDM to a new level for me.  This book is a blue print to creating systems that are in tune with the customer and their needs.  Real time decisions that are consistent, accurate and specific to the situation would give any company embracing this thought process the competitive edge!