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Smart (Enough) Systems

Is anyone else here reading "Smart (Enough) Systems" by James Taylor and Neil Raden?

I am about half-way through, and it is a 'good read'; anyone want to discuss it here?

Smart Enough Systems --> Data and Analytics

I am through the chapter on Data and Analytics, a very useful overview for me on the analytics side. It is a specialty that the book rightly describes as requiring a skilled practitioner, the Analytical Modeler. As described, the analytical model-building process reminds me somewhat of the statistical modeling of Six Sigma process improvement, perhaps Black Belts in that discipline could be a source for needed analytical modelers.

Next up: Business Rules.

David Wright
Member, IIBA
"As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information."
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

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