My book: Web Services: A Manager's Guide
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321185773/104-8629363-7893537?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321185773/qid%3D1128978389/026-4300375-1350027
Anne
On 10/8/05, Gervas Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Although it would alienate many members if I allowed this Group
tobecome a free billboard, I don't think it unresonable for you to
let us know about any books any of you may have written which are
relevant to the Group adn enterprise pplication architecture.
Likewise if you want to distribute any articles or whiteppares, just
e-mail them to me and, assuming they are pertinent, I will happily
upload them to the Files section.
Gervas
--- In [email protected], Keith
Harrison-Broninski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 6 months after publication, two reviews of my book finally appear.
It
> probably takes that long to finish it, which says something about
my
> writing style I suppose :-( . Anyway, given the recent extended
> discussion of business processes in this forum, I thought the
comments
> might be of interest (and as Gervas points out, self-publicity is
> already a feature of this space).
>
> > This book offers a refreshingly different perspective on BPM.
Instead
> > of the thinly veiled system approach of many other books Keith
reminds
> > us that managing and controlling processes is what we are
ultimately
> > trying to achieve. He also reminds us that whatever people may
say or
> > think the fact is that most work processes (and the hardest ones
to
> > control) occur between people (rather than between computer
systems).
> > The book puts forward some very powerful ideas to support these
new
> > ways of thinking about processes and the systems that support
them.
> > These suggestions and arguments are supported by a great deal of
> > thought and theory.
> >
> > If Geary Rummler is to be remembered for "Managing the White
Space" on
> > the organization chart then surely Keith will hope to become
known as
> > the man who set forward the agenda for "Managing the White Space"
in
> > the process map!
> >
> > The central idea of the book is that the issue is less to do with
> > understanding and automating individual processes and more to do
with
> > managing and controlling the literally thousands of processes
that go
> > to make up an organisation. This of course cannot be carried out
> > effectively without fully understanding and managing the Human
> > Interactions of which most work is comprised. As Keith points out
> > "Many organizations have yet to realize that they are
sleepwalking
> > into a world where we simply move from a set of legacy
applications to
> > a set of legacy processes and swap a set of functional silos for
a set
> > of process silos." In that respect this book is a must read for
> > Process Professionals and Systems Analysts alike.
> >
> > /Mark McGregor, Director, BPM Group
> > < http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-
reviews/0929652444/ref=cm_cr_dp_pt/104-3629296-3229518?
_encoding=UTF8&n=507846&s=books>/
> >
> and one reviewing mine together with Martyn Ould's recent book:
>
> > For BPM to mature and become a stable business practice, its
> > technologies must be applied using a complete and consistent
> > process-based method. Taken together, *Riva* (for process
architecture
> > and process modeling) and *Human Interaction Management* (for
> > human-driven process modeling and management) provide the
overarching
> > framework for 21st century business technology.
> >
> > /bptrends.com <http://tinyurl.com/dbv4j>/
> >
> --
>
> All the best
> Keith
>
> http://keith.harrison-broninski.info
>
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