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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Have you ever arrived on the scene of a house fire to find a frantic woman in the driveway? As a firefighter, you know instinctively what this means: there is a child inside. You immediately enter the zone, because you know what to do. This is based on your training and experience. The feeling of being in the zone, is referred to in the field of positive psychology as the flow. Multiple studies have shown that, if people have the proper training and experience, they will make better decisions in emerging situations while in a flow-state. How can your organisation help your people experience flow more often, thereby improving their decision-making? This book describes what flow is and what flow-based decision-making and flow-based leadership look like. It also details a flow-based leadership model for implementation, based on an extreme, experiential training program in the fire service called Georgia Smoke Diver (GSD). This model consists of: Leading by example. Communicating purpose. Committing to a stable infrastructure. Binding the group through ritual, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Honouring individual creativity to promote innovation.Using positive motivation techniques. Facilitating team flow. GSDs success and longevity is a result of rigorous commitment to this model that helps firefighters stay safe, ensure excellence, and live a life of well-being, both personally and professionally. It is a model any organisation can adopt to better the lives of the people within the organisation and the lives of the people the organisation serves. This book describes what flow is and what flow-based decision making and flow-based leadership look like. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Join Simon on a quest to uncover the value of Enterprise Architecture (and it's not what you think it is!) Simon is a seasoned Enterprise Architect who joins a corporation in New York as their first-ever Vice President of Enterprise Architecture. On his very first day, he meets the global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who asks Simon "What do you do?" Simon's reply triggers the CEO to respond in a way that our hero least expects. What follows is a journey across continents and oceans in which Simon uncovers the true meaning of Enterprise Architecture, who is doing it, and how successful they are. On his travels, Simon teams up with senior executives around the world to integrate Enterprise Architecture into their strategies and business plans, and to innovate in the architecture of their enterprise. Everyone he meets has some wisdom to offer, and is looking for his in return. Finally, Simon has to make a choice between the kind of Enterprise Architect he used to be and the one he has become. Join the characters in this sequel to the highly-acclaimed business novel "fruITion", as they contribute to Simon's journey and he makes his final choice.Share in his thoughts and experiences, and join the author in observing key messages along the journey. Simon is a seasoned Enterprise Architect who joins a corporation in New York as their first-ever Vice President of Enterprise Architecture. On his very first day, he meets the global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who asks Simon 'What do you do?' Simon's reply triggers the CEO to respond in a way that our hero least expects. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Data-governance programs focus on authority and accountability for the management of data as a valued organisational asset. Data Governance should not be about command-and-control, yet at times could become invasive or threatening to the work, people and culture of an organisation. Non-Invasive Data Governance focuses on formalising existing accountability for the management of data and improving formal communications, protection, and quality efforts through effective stewarding of data resources. This book provides you with a complete set of tools to help you deliver a successful data governance program. Learn how: Steward responsibilities can be identified and recognised, formalised, and engaged according to their existing responsibility rather than being assigned or handed to people as more work. Governance of information can be applied to existing policies, standard operating procedures, practices, and methodologies, rather than being introduced or emphasised as new processes or methods.Governance of information can support all data integration, risk management, business intelligence and master data management activities rather than imposing inconsistent rigour to these initiatives. A practical and non-threatening approach can be applied to governing information and promoting stewardship of data as a cross-organisation asset. Best practices and key concepts of this non-threatening approach can be communicated effectively to leverage strengths and address opportunities to improve. Non-Invasive Data Governance will provide you with a complete set of tools to help you deliver a successful data governance program. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book provides you with a collection of best practices, guidelines, and tips for using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for business analysis. The contents have been assembled over the years based on experience and documented best practices. Over sixty easy to understand UML diagram examples will help you to apply these ideas immediately. If you use, expect to use, or think you should use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) or use cases in your business analysis activities, this book will help you: communicate more succinctly and effectively with your stakeholders including your software development team; increase the likelihood that your requirements will be reviewed and understood; reduce requirements analysis, documentation, and review time. The first three chapters explain the reasons for utilising the UML for business analysis, present a brief history of the UML and its diagram categories, and describe a set of general modelling guidelines and tips applicable to all of the UML diagram types.Each of the next thirteen chapters is dedicated to a different UML diagram type: Use Case Diagrams; Activity Diagrams; Interaction Overview Diagrams; Class Diagrams; Object Diagrams; State Machine Diagrams; Timing Diagrams; Sequence Diagrams; Communication Diagrams; Composite Structure Diagrams; Component Diagrams; Deployment Diagrams; Package Diagrams. The next two chapters explain additional diagram types that are important for business analysts and that can be created using UML notation: Context Diagrams using Communication diagram notation; Data Models using Class diagram notation. These chapters are followed by a chapter that describes criteria for selecting the various diagram types. The final chapter presents a case study. This book provides you with a collection of best practices, guidelines, and tips for using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for business analysis. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Many executives now understand that information is a corporate asset, but few understand how to treat it as one. Written by data governance experts, Dan Power and Wayne Eckerson, this book unearths the secrets of how to turn the promise of data governance into reality. Power and Eckerson combine their 50 years of experience on data-driven applications with in-the-trenches insights from top data governance practitioners at companies such as Cisco, Dow Chemical, Wiley & Sons, University of Illinois, TIAA-CREF, and Walgreens. The result is a practical guide to succeeding with data governance. Scheduled for publication in January 2015, this book will address all facets of data governance, from how to define it, sell it, and implement it. Each chapter contains an overview of the topic from Dan Power and Wayne Eckerson, followed by verbatim comments and tales of success and failure from each of the book's featured practitioners. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Master the After Action Review (AAR) to improve the outcome of any personal or professional activity. From the beginning of time, humans have survived and thrived by learning from their experiences both good and bad and then tweaked their actions for better results next time. This continual quest for improvement stems from the difference between what was and what could be. Even if we're not consciously aware of it, we're constantly seeking improvement in this very same way. If we turn to this analysis in a more intentional and methodical way, with an eye towards continuous improvement (CI), then next time around the outcomes can be more rewarding and desirable. After Action Review (AAR) is a continuous improvement approach for reflecting on the work of a group or team. Learn how to apply both informal and formal AAR approaches. Along with a complete walkthrough, the book includes resources and materials you can use in your work right now. For example, the Group Insights template will help you distinguish "likes" from "wishes," and the Planning Template will show you how to optimize the time spent during the AAR. Chapter 1 covers basic facilitation skills needed to conduct an AAR including active listening, questioning, information gathering and analysis, public speaking, presenting, intervening, and managing group dynamics. Chapter 2 explains the AAR in detail including its value proposition and frameworks. Chapter 3 explores the informal AAR and Chapter 4 the formal AAR. Master the After Action Review (AAR) to improve the outcome of any personal or professional activity. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Master erwin DM to deliver robust and precise designs for both operationaland analytical projects. Steve and Jeff start from the basics, explaining data modeling concepts and how to get up and running with erwin DM (erwin DM). Through a hands-on approach, businessanalysts, data professionals, and project managers will learn step-by-step how to build effective conceptual, logical, and physical data models. Complete the stages in identifying essential business requirements, designing the logical data model,transposing those logical modeling objects into physical tables and columns, and evengenerating the implementation database scripts.This book contains seven parts. Part I provices a foundation in data medling and Part II a foundatin in erwin DM. Part III covers the design layer technique and its application using erwin DM, distinguishing conceptual, logical, physical and operational data models. Part IV covers entities, domains, attributes, key groups, validation rules, default rules and subject areas, along with how to implement them using erwin DM. Part V ecplains the physical data model and how to convert a logical data model to a physical data model in erwin DM. Decome confident creating tables, columns, indexes and views. Part VI reveals advanced features available within erwin DM, including user defined properties, naming standards, forward engineering, reverse engineering, complere compare, report designer and the bulk editor. Part VII explains several important tools to use in combination with erwin DM, including erwin DM NoSQL, erwin Data Catalog and erwin Data Literacy. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Schoolcraft, Robert (illustrator). Paperback. Some people dream in black and white. Some people dream in colour. But Jenns dreams are dark, and getting more perverse and twisted with each passing night. By day, she is a straight-A student, a hard-working waitress, and a dedicated girlfriend. But, when she turns out the lights and falls asleep, nothing is normal. Her boyfriend, Siyo, is using an ancient artifact called a Dream Snatcher to control her dreams and fulfill his darkest desires. Siyo weaves a story where sensual-seeking characters satisfy his carnal cravings, often at Jenns expense: A lusty leprechaun ferrets fortune, a wicked witch fulfills fetishes, a vicious vampire steals sweets, a perverted puppet craves control. Under Siyos command, Jenn struggles to balance integrity with indulgence, love with lust, and loyalty with letting go. Will the Dream Snatcher strengthen their relationship.or tear it apart? The book contains over 70 illustrations, and each chapter ends with a seductive recipe! Some people dream in black and white. Some people dream in color. But Jenn's dreams are dark, and getting more perverse and twisted with each passing night. By day, she is a straight-A student, a hard-working waitress, and a dedicated girlfriend. But, when she turns out the lights and falls asleep, nothing is normal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 1. What does it take to build and maintain a truly enduring and continuously successful business -- one that stands the test of time, turbulence and change and despite all that has continued to set the standard for performance and excellence by which other organisations are measured? 2. What really makes your organisation unique? What really distinguishes us in the minds of our customers or other key stakeholders - makes us stand out in a way that motivates customers to want to do business or have a relationship with us rather than a competitor? What are those most important factors which form the foundation of that uniqueness and our competitiveness as an organisation? 3. Have you and your leadership team described your business model in a clear and understandable manner that any employee could grasp? Have you examined each component of that business model to identify the value it adds to the long-term future success of your business? This includes the leadership team itself, culture, values, beliefs, core shared purpose, renewal (integration of innovation, adaptation and learning), principles of engagement (sustainability, governance, corporate social responsibility), and vision.What are your conclusions? What actions should you now take? These questions and over 150 more equally stimulating and change-provoking questions are raised and explored within this concise text. As senior executives, you always have many areas where you can focus your attention - paths along which you can guide your organisation to enable it to ultimately reach its full competitive potential. Guide your organisation to its competitive potential by answering the questions within this text and by applying Dr Ted Marra's approach to developing a working business model and crystal clear vision. This book is really about focus. Forget all the latest theories. To a large extent, the "secrets" to success have never really been secrets. It's often about getting back to basics-doing the right things for the business and doing them right. This is the essence of what Peter Drucker considers "leadership". In addition to my hands-on experience, I have read all the thought leaders: Hamel, Porter, Kotter, Collins and more. I have been in conferences all over the world, interacting with the likes of Juran and Welch as well as many others.All of that, plus my own reflections, and distilling it down has been a lifetime pursuit. The book contains that distillation of my observations providing the reader with what I believe are truly the vital few keys to long-term organisational success -- competitiveness and profitable growth and overall higher performance across the board. This book is really about focus. Forget all the latest theories. To a large extent, the "secrets" to success have never really been secrets. It's often about getting back to basics-doing the right things for the business and doing them right. This is the essence of what Peter Drucker considers "leadership." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Michael is CEO of a $64 billion global corporation, driving a strategy founded on productivity and growth. Despite having 'best practices' in place, spearheaded by Finance, he's convinced that many of the company's investments in change are still not delivering the most value they can, or even the value they promised. Late one night, while reading a hard-to-believe Business Case for an IT transformation, he makes it his business to find out why. With the help of his inner-circle of trusted executives and managers, and the serendipitous appearance of a friend-of-a-friend, Michael discovers what has been missing all along in the Boardroom, the businesses, and the company culture. He is faced with deciding what it's worth to sort things out, once and for all, with a strategy that combines Enterprise Architecture with Investing in Change. In this conclusion to the trilogy that began with FruITion and continued with RecrEation, Michael finds that the consequences for everyone are part cultural, part structural, and part operational. They mean challenging some of the orthodoxies that were supposed to solve the problem but have made things worse instead. What will he choose to do? In this conclusion to the trilogy that began with FruITion and continued with RecrEation, Michael finds that the consequences for everyone are part cultural, part structural, and part operational. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Every day cybersecurity specialist Nancy MacBaron fights in the corporate trenches against criminal hackers intent on stealing her company's sensitive information. She is well trained, highly skilled and security-certified yet she discovers she and her company are helpless in the face of an unexpected data theft from inside. Called into her boss's office early one morning, Nancy MacBaron is given dual assignments: one, to help locate the person who is holding their data for ransom, and two, investigate how their information management process allowed such a huge amount of sensitive information to be stolen. Amidst the rivalry among departments, and the pressure of financial disaster for the company, Nancy begins a journey of discovery that shows her a landscape of data process activity that nobody is co-ordinating or even really aware exists. Nancy confers with a number of people, some helpful, some resentful of outsiders, all adding more pieces to the puzzle.Amidst the new ideas, old work habits, and personal conflicts Nancy begins to recognise hidden and ungoverned gaps within the corporation along with following clues to find the criminal before the company's data is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Follow Nancy as she gathers different perspectives from developers, data architects, managers, attorneys, cybersecurity specialists, data governance groups, law enforcement, and members of her own family to formulate a method to protect sensitive information that co-ordinates the expertise of many business groups to eliminate gaps in The Hidden Corporation. Every day cybersecurity specialist Nancy MacBaron fights in the corporate trenches against criminal hackers intent on stealing her company's sensitive information. She is well trained, highly skilled and security-certified yet she discovers she and her company are helpless in the face of an unexpected data theft from inside. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What? Another management book? You will find And People? to be refreshingly different. Its Eastern European perspective, enhanced with best practices and research studies, will reveal the secrets for successfully leading and managing people. Part textbook, part handbook, each word is crafted based upon author Ivica Vrancic's 20 years of experience in management and consulting, which includes working with hundreds of managers from all hierarchy levels. And People? dares to ask why so many managers spend more time, resources, and consideration on their company cars than the real greatest asset of any business: people. Early chapters explore motivation and organization culture; later, Vrancic examines the challenge of selecting the right people for your organization and developing those people to maximize their strengths. Through practical real-world examples built on respected theoretical foundations, readers will gain new insight into the dual role of both manager and leader. And no, a manager and a leader are not the same thing. What? Another management book? You will find And People? to be refreshingly different. Its Eastern European perspective, enhanced with best practices and research studies, will reveal the secrets for successfully leading and managing people. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. If you found a rusty old lamp on the beach, and upon touching it a genie appeared and granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? If you were wishing for a successful application development effort, most likely you would wish for accurate and robust data models, comprehensive data flow diagrams, and an acute understanding of human behaviour. The wish for well-designed conceptual and logical data models means the requirements are well-understood and that the design has been built with flexibility and extensibility leading to high application agility and low maintenance costs. The wish for detailed data flow diagrams means a concrete understanding of the business' value chain exists and is documented. The wish to understand how we think means excellent team dynamics while analysing, designing, and building the application. Why search the beaches for genie lamps when instead you can read this book? Learn the skills required for modelling, value chain analysis, and team dynamics by following the journey the author and son go through in establishing a profitable summer lemonade business.This business grew from season to season proportionately with his adoption of important engineering principles. All of the concepts and principles are explained in a novel format, so you will learn the important messages while enjoying the story that unfolds within these pages. The story is about an old man who has spent his life designing data models and databases and his newly adopted son. Father and son have a 54 year age difference that produces a large generation gap. The father attempts to narrow the generation gap by having his nine-year-old son earn his entertainment money. The son must run a summer business that turns a lemon grove into profits so he can buy new computers and games. As the son struggles for profits, it becomes increasingly clear that dad's career in information technology can provide critical leverage in achieving success in business. The failures and successes of the son's business over the summers are a microcosm of the ups and downs of many enterprises as they struggle to manage information technology. Learn the skills required for modeling, value chain analysis, and team dynamics by following the journey the author and son go through in establishing a profitable summer lemonade business. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Learn how blockchain works, where to use it within your organization, and how it will impact data management. This book contains three parts: 1.Explanation. Part I will explain will explain the concepts underlying blockchain. A precise and concise definition is provided, distinguishing blockchain from blockchain architecture. Variations of blockchain are explored based upon the concepts of purpose and scope. 2. Usage. Now that you understand blockchain, where do you use it? The reason for building a blockchain application must include at least one of these five drivers: transparency, streamlining, privacy, permanence, or distribution. Usages based upon these five drivers are shown for finance, insurance, government, manufacturing and retail, utilities, healthcare, nonprofit, and media. Process diagrams will illustrate each usage through inputs, guides, enablers, and outputs. Also examined are the risks of applying these usages, such as cooperation, incentives, and change. 3.Impact. Now that you know where to use blockchain, how will it impact our existing IT (Information Technology) environment? Part III explores how blockchain will impact data management. The Data Management Body of Knowledge 2nd Edition (DAMA-DMBOK2) is an amazing book that defines the data management field along with the often complex relationships that exist between the various data management disciplines. Learn how blockchain will impact each of these 11 disciplines: Data Governance, Data Architecture, Data Modeling and Design, Data Storage and Operations, Data Security, Data Integration and Interoperability, Document and Content Management, Reference and Master Data, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Metadata Management, and Data Quality Management. Once you understand blockchain concepts and principles, you can position yourself, department, and organization to leverage distributed ledger technology. Learn how blockchain works, where to use it within your organization, and how it will impact data management. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Ever get the feeling you are being watched? The thieves that steal identities are using cutting-edge, high-tech tools that can take one fact from a social media site, another from an online travel survey, a third from a purchase made via the internet and even access highly confidential medical records. Little by little they piece together your buying habits, your religious and school affiliations, the names of your family and pets, your political views, your driving habits, the places you have vacationed, and much, much more. This is not science fiction and this is not the future, this is what is happening to each and every one of us now - today. And although the vast majority of adults say they are concerned about providing personal information online, nearly 1/3 say they have never used a privacy setting on their computer, never inquired about the charities to whom they donate their money, never worried about someone accessing their medical information and never thought twice about giving a financial institution their social security number over the internet.The Audacity to Spy, written by an attorney with an interest in privacy laws and legislation and her grandmother who is an experienced Information Analyst, reveals the ways in which your identity and personal data have been stolen by various sources. Yes, you should be concerned about the NSA and other government agencies having your phone logs and emails; but you should worry more about the insidious data brokers that are collecting information about you every time you log on to your laptop, use your cell phone, access an app, or use your GPS. Companies are collecting a variety of data about you, combining it with location information, and using it to both personalise their own services and to sell to other advertisers for behavioural marketing. Law enforcement agencies are tracking your car and insurance companies are installing devices to monitor your driving. Clerks are making copies of your credit cards. And if that wasn't enough, the FBI has reported that hackers have been discovered embedding malicious software in two million computers, opening a virtual door for criminals to rifle through users' valuable personal and financial information.More than warning you about the ways your data can be stolen, at the end of each chapter are suggestions for limiting the amount of personal data that is available to be seized and divulged. Can you completely cut off the flow of information about yourself? The answer is no, not completely - there is already too much data out there and increasingly sophisticated ways to obtain bits and pieces. But knowing how it is collected, and by whom, gives you the power to control sensitive information and determine how much of your life you wish to expose to those more than willing to exploit it. The Audacity to Spy, written by an attorney with an interest in privacy laws and legislation and her grandmother who is an experienced Information Analyst, reveals the ways in which your identity and personal data have been stolen by various sources. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What's the Return on Investment (ROI) on data management? Sound like an impossible question to answer? Not if you read this book and learn the value-added approach to managing enterprise resources and assets. This book defines the five interrelated best practices that comprise data management, and shows you how by example to successfully communicate data management ROI to senior management. The 17 cases we share will help you to identify opportunities to introduce data management into the strategic conversations that occur in the C-suite. You will gain a new perspective regarding the stewardship of your data assets and insulate your operations from the chaos, losses and risks that result from traditional approaches to technological projects. And you will learn how to protect yourself from legal challenges resulting from out-sourced information technology projects gone badly due to incorrect project sequencing and focus. With the emerging acceptance and adoption of revised performance standards, your organisation will be better prepared to face the coming big data deluge!The book contains four chapters: Chapter 1 gives a somewhat unique perspective to the practice of leveraging data. We describe the motivations and delineate the specific challenges preventing most organisations from making substantial progress in this area; Chapter 2 presents 11 cases where leveraging data has produced positive financial results that can be presented in language of immediate interest to C-level executives. To the degree possible, we have quantified the effect that data management has had in terms that will be meaningful to them also; Chapter 3 describes five instances taken from the authors' experiences with various governmental defence departments. The lessons in this section however can be equally applied to many non-profit and non-defence governmental organisations; Chapter 4 speaks specifically to the interaction of data management practices, in terms of both information technology projects and legal responsibilities. Reading it can help your organisation to avoid a number of perils, stay out of court and better vet contractors, experts and other helpers who play a role in organisation information technology development. The 17 cases we share will help you to identify opportunities to introduce data management into the strategic conversations that occur in the C-suite. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. For years, business users have leveraged spreadsheets for storing and communicating data. Although spreadsheets may be easy to create and update, making important corporate decisions based on spreadsheets is risky due to the lack of data credibility. Whether you are a manager, developer, end user, or student, this book will help you turn spreadsheet data into credible, useful, reliable data that can be trusted in order to make important decisions. A chapter is dedicated to each of the following topics: Brief history of spreadsheets; Spreadsheet paradox; Spreadsheet varieties; The PDF spreadsheet; Spreadsheet formatting; Spreadsheet disambiguation; The intermediate database; The ssdef database; The corporate database; The metadata database (mnemonic database); Political considerations; Data modelling and the spreadsheet; Case study. Whether you are a manager, developer, end user, or student, this book will help you turn spreadsheet data into credible, useful, reliable data that can be trusted in order to make important decisions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Every day in every workplace around the world, people are working with people. What if we had the tools to work better together and build better relationships? RelateAbility is the resource to show you how. Improve your work environment by learning the science around RelateAbility and the TeamRelate Model. Better equip and empower those you influence by learning to more purposefully communicate and purposefully engage with them. RelateAbility is a skill that can be learned and developed. TeamRelate is a behavioral model as well as an app and starts where the traditional personality assessment world leaves off. Once you understand your communication styles along with your core values, the book explores how these relate to others in your world, both at work and at home. Improving our ability to relate to others is the concept of RelateAbility, where we explore the 1:1 dynamic and team dynamic and how to improve each. In light of these concepts, we also explore conflict and engagement in the workforce and bring together the latest industry research on both. Finally we explore Trust, the foundation of any relationship and how improving our RelateAbility increases the trust in our relationships. The concepts in RelateAbility helps build high performing teams in any organizational context and help make work life better for individual contributors and leaders alike. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book leverages the discipline of data integration and applies it to the Hadoop open-source software framework for storing data on clusters of commodity hardware. It is packed with the need-to-know for managers, architects, designers, and developers responsible for populating Hadoop in the enterprise, allowing you to harness big data and do it in such a way that the solution: Complies with (and even extends) enterprise standards; Integrates seamlessly with the existing information infrastructure; Fills a critical role within enterprise architecture. The book covers the gamut of the setup, architecture and possibilities for Hadoop in the organisation, including: Supporting an enterprise information strategy; Organising for a successful Hadoop rollout; Loading and extracting of data in Hadoop; Managing Hadoop data once it is in the cluster; Utilising Spark, streaming data, and master data in Hadoop processes -- examples are provided to reinforce concepts. Integrating Hadoop covers the gamut of the setup, architecture and possibilities for Hadoop in the organization. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In our distant past, we attempted to create wealth by turning everyday substances into gold. This was early alchemy, and ultimately it did not work. But the world has changed. Today we have a type of modern alchemy that really can create gold. We can transform voluminous text into a wealth of knowledge. Text is a common fabric of society, yet it is still challenging for our technology to make sense of text. This is where taxonomies can help. In this book, legendary Bill Inmon will introduce you to the concept of taxonomies and how they are used to simplify and understand text. We emphasise the practical aspects of taxonomies, and the subsequent usage of taxonomies as a basis for textual analytics. This book is for managers who have to deal with text, students of computer science, programmers who need to understand taxonomies, systems analysts who hope to draw business value out of a body of text, and especially those who are struggling to decode data lakes. Hopefully for those individuals (and many more), this book will serve as both an introduction to taxonomies and a guide to how taxonomies can be used to bring text into the realm of corporate decision-making.This book will introduce you to the world of taxonomies, as well as explore: Simple and complex taxonomies; Ontologies; Obtaining taxonomies; Changing taxonomies; Taxonomies and data models; Types of textual data; Textual analytics. In addition, several case studies are presented from industries as diverse as banking, call centres, and travel. This book will introduce you to the world of taxonomies and textual analytics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Improve your work environment by learning the science around TeamRelate and the concept of RelateAbility in the workplace. TeamRelate is a behavioural model as well as an app and starts where the traditional personality assessment world leaves off. Once you understand your primary and secondary communication styles along with your core values, the book explores how these relate to others in your world, both at work and at home. Improving our ability to relate to others is the concept of RelateAbility, where we explore the 1:1 dynamic and team dynamic and how to improve each. In light of these concepts, we also explore conflict and engagement in the workforce and bring together the latest industry research on both. Finally we explore Trust, the foundation of any relationship and how improving our RelateAbility increases the trust in our relationships. The concepts in this book help to build high performing teams in any organisational context and help make work life better for individual contributors and leaders alike. Improve your work environment by learning the science around TeamRelate and the concept of RelateAbility in the workplace. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Increase the awareness of your customers behavior to survive and excel within your industry. One hundred years ago, the voice of the customer was easily and routinely heard by the shopkeeper. In small towns, the shopkeeper knew everyone. Todays world has gotten much bigger and much more complex. No longer does the store owner personally know everyone who comes into the store. Yet there are three important abilities technologies offer that make it possible to listen to the voice of the customer today: The ability to acquire, store, and manage huge amounts of data; The ability to read and understand text in a computerized environment; The ability to visualize data. This book answers important questions such as: Where is the voice of the customer heard? How does the corporation find and capture the voice of the customer? How is the voice of the customer actually interpreted and understood? How do you cope with the volume of messages the customer is sending you? How do you separate noise from the important messages? How do you analyze the composite voice of the customer over thousands of customers? How do you reduce the voice of the customer to a visual format that is understood by management? How do you know when the message the customer is sending changes? After reading this book the reader will be able to manage, build, and operate a corporate infrastructure that listens to the voice of the customer. Increase the awareness of your customer's behavior to survive and excel within your industry. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Organizations invest incredible amounts of time and money obtaining and then storing big data in data stores called data lakes. But how many of these organizations can actually get the data back out in a useable form? Very few can turn the data lake into an information gold mine. Most wind up with garbage dumps. Data Lake Architecture will explain how to build a useful data lake, where data scientists and data analysts can solve business challenges and identify new business opportunities. Learn how to structure data lakes as well as analog, application, and text-based data ponds to provide maximum business value. Understand the role of the raw data pond and when to use an archival data pond. Leverage the four key ingredients for data lake success: metadata, integration mapping, context, and metaprocess. Bill Inmon opened our eyes to the architecture and benefits of a data warehouse, and now he takes us to the next level of data lake architecture. Data Lake Architecture will explain how to build a useful data lake, where data scientists and data analysts can solve business challenges and identify new business opportunities Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shift happens -- Proverb. Every day, every person experiences changes that impact how we live our lives. Some changes we see as helping us, others we see as hindering us. These shifts happen in our home life, our work life, and everywhere in between. Simply put, AdaptAbility is the skill we use to adjust to these new conditions and situations. As we grow and evolve, we realize that building our AdaptAbility will engage, equip, and empower us to live better lives. When shift happens, the challenge (and the choice) to adapt is yours -- will you be ready? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Creating a precise diagram of business terms within your projects is a simple yet powerful communication tool for project managers, data governance professionals, and business analysts.Similar to how the Rosetta Stone provided a communication tool across multiple languages, the Rosedata Stone provides a communication tool across business languages. The Rosedata Stone, called the Business Terms Model (BTM) or the Conceptual Data Model, displays the achievement of a Common Business Language of terms for a particular business initiative. With more and more data being created and used, combined with intense competition, strict regulations, and rapid-spread social media, the financial, liability, and credibility stakes have never been higher and therefore the need for a Common Business Language has never been greater. Appreciate the power of the BTM and apply the steps to build a BTM over the books five chapters: 1. Challenges. Explore how a Common Business Language is more important than ever with technologies like the Cloud and NoSQL, and Regulations such as the GDPR. 2. Needs. Identify scope and plan precise, minimal visuals that will capture the Common Business Language. 3. Solution. Meet the BTM and its components, along with the variations of relational and dimensional BTMs. Experience how several data modeling tools display the BTM, including CaseTalk, ER/Studio, erwin DM, and Hackolade. 4. Construction. Build operational (relational) and analytics (dimensional) BTMs for a bakery chain. 5. Practice. Reinforce BTM concepts and build BTMs for two of your own initiatives alongside a real example. "Similar to how the Rosetta Stone provided a communication tool across multiple cultural languages, the Rosedata Stone, provides a communication tool across multiple business languages. The Rosedata Stone, called the Business Terms Model or BTM for short, captures the most important terms used when communicating about business initiatives"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What is data governance? And what are the principles and techniques you can leverage as a business or IT professional to make data governance successful within your organisation? This book will answer these questions and provide you with insights and approaches to improve the data fitness of your organization. Gain control of your data and assign responsible parties to ensure the data remains well-understood and protected, by applying the content within this books six chapters: Chapter 1 -- Understanding Data Governance, looks at the broad definitions of data governance along with issues within data governance. Chapter 2 -- Owning Data Governance, looks at Ownership, Wider Perspectives, and Roles, and explores how transparent data governance can simplify the complexities of data ownership. Chapter 3 -- Data Confidence, explores using tools (eg: standards, strategies, and policies) to clearly align business objectives with realistic IT deliverables and produce meaningful outcomes. Chapter 4 -- Getting Data Fit, covers the basic elements required to make data governance work for your specific organisation. There are five steps required to achieve a basic level of data fitness and effective governance. Chapter 5 -- Approach and Stakeholders, covers various ways to implement data governance to ensure there are clear milestones and trigger points for key stakeholders to approve each phase. A data scorecard is introduced as a tool to help guide an organisation through the data governance process. Chapter 6 -- A Case Study, concerns a fictitious company, D474, used to illustrate the various examples and scenarios for implementing data governance. What is data governance? And what are the principles and techniques you can leverage as a business or IT professional to make data governance successful within your organization? Data Governance will answer these questions and provide you with insights and approaches to improve the "data fitness" of your organization. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Know whats causing application development waste so you can turn the tide. This is the book your Systems Integrator and your Application Software vendor dont want you to read. Enterprise IT (Information Technology) is a $3.8 trillion per year industry worldwide. Most of it is waste. We've grown used to projects costing tens of millions or even billions of dollars, and routinely running over budget and schedule many times over. These overages in both time and money are almost all wasted resources. However, the waste is hard to see, after being so marbled through all the products, processes, and guiding principles. That is what this book is about. We must see, understand, and agree about the problem before we can take coordinated action to address it. The trajectory of this book is as follows: In Chapter 1, we explore how bad the current state is. The three industries that address software waste are discussed, including the legacy software industry, neo-legacy software industry, and legacy modernization industry. Examples of application waste are illustrated from both public and private sectors. In Chapter 2, we explore the economics of the software industry. Although the economic tradeoffs are changing at the speed of Moores Law, our approaches are not keeping pace. Learn how information systems really behave in terms of actual application development. In Chapter 3 we use root cause analysis to reveal the real contributors to this situation, which are dependency, redundancy, complexity, and application centricity. Chapter 4 recounts the many failed attempts weve made in the past to deal with information system complexity, including relational databases, ERP systems, enterprise data modeling, service oriented architectures, and APIs, Agile, data warehouse and business intelligence, outsourcing and offshoring, cloud, Software as a Service (SaaS), data lakes, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Chapter 5 dismantles seven fallacies that contribute to our remaining stuck. For example, the first fallacy is We need detailed requirements or we wont get what we want. The quagmire is not affecting all sectors of the economy equally. Chapter 6 looks at how this is playing out in the government and private sectors, large and small companies, and various parts of the IT industry itself. Chapter 7 outlines some action you can take now to begin to extricate yourself, including a detailed assessment and defining metrics for measuring and preventing software development waste. Know what's causing application development waste so you can turn the tide. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Your CEO just came to you, the HR leader, and said she was hearing rumours about the turnover rate going up. She asks you why this might be happening and how it is could be affecting the bottom line. Are there certain leadership issues? Are engagement levels changing? Is there a problem with the company culture? These are all logical questions. You have hunches for answers, but you have no way to prove those hunches. You know your CEO is going to want data to support any argument you make. You are sure that the answers to her questions are buried in the employee data collected in the different HR systems you have. You have been reading about HR analytics, and you wonder how you would answer her question differently if you really understood the data about your people. This book provides a path to follow in search of these answers. It will help you if you are just getting started with your HR analytics initiative, or if you are looking for ways to expand your existing HR analytics practice. In the end, you will find that the insights you desperately seek are easier to find than you ever imagined. Learn simple yet effective methods for measuring employee satisfaction and performance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.