Customer Review: Melissa has produced an excellent, non technical book which outlines: - the reasons for taking a business led approach to the development of Enterprise Architecture - the potential benefits to business of investing in an Enterprise Architecture approach - practical steps for doing it and... more info
Customer Review: Re-engineering the Manufacturing System by Bob Stein is no book for the novice. Brilliantly conceived and executed it is written for experts in the field of manufacturing by an expert.
Customer Review: I bought this book in 1993 when it first came out. This evening, in October 2007, I find myself still referring to it as a reference. Thus, I am compelled to honor the author with this review. While the technology discussions are certainly antiquated, the theory Vaskevitch presents is still... more info
Customer Review: The old saying about not being able to understand something until you can quantify it is generally true, but can be superseded by a more accurate statement. "If you can diagram it, then you can understand it, more particularly you can make someone else understand it as well." While most humans can... more info
Customer Review: I found this book to be dry and poorly laid out. Examples were often mentioned on one page, but shown on the next. This resulted in having to flip pages back and forth to view code snippets while reading about them. The book is too light on example source code and does not contain any complete... more info
Customer Review: This book provides a very high level view of the topics covered. I'd rate it as OK for someone wanting to get an overview of workflows, groupware, or intranets. However, if you are looking for an in-depth analysis of these types of systems, it misses the mark. It's an easy read if you are just... more info
Customer Review: Used this book to teach a class in 1994, still applicable in 2003! Gave it to consulting clients to read and they loved it. Less than 100 pages but gives a lot of info! Now I am ordering out of print editions for my clients.
Customer Review: If you're convinced of the value of reengineering but don't know what to do next, start with this guide. You'll get enough practical theory and step-by-step detail as well as hints for success and cautions to embolden you. One overarching tip: It's not enough to change the physical structure of a... more info
Customer Review: The 21 essays that comprise this book cover the full spectrum of software reengineering, with a marked emphasis on computer-aided software engineering and software reuse. This is not a primary resource for hand's on techniques, but is an invaluable collection of papers for software engineering... more info