Customer Reviews:
Not worth your time........2006-09-27
Basically I had to purchase this for a class. The book is full of acronyms and buzz words with no application. The end of chapter review is great if you just wanted to add new words to your vocabulary and be able to repeat their definitions with little understanding. This is a classic example of a text book gone wrong.
Good for its purpose.......2006-06-14
If you need a management information systems book, this is the book you should be looking for! Its not useful for much else, however, maybe kindling...
deluxe RIP OFF.......2004-12-20
I 'was forced' to buy this book for an MIS course. We all know how textbooks are scams anyway, but this one takes the cake. My college even had the balls to 'bundle' this with an MS Access book so we were stuck with a $170 bundle. All the info I needed to take the course was available on the website webct. If you can find a way to access that site, you don't even need this outrageously expensive book. I got an A in the course and never cracked the book. I just used the info on the website. You should try that route if you can, and forgo purchasing this book.
Just not worth the cost........2004-10-12
This book is compulsory for a class I am in. Do what I did, don't waste your money - borrow from a library..... or find other solutions. This is way too much money for information that can be covered in other sources. The publisher is clearly exploiting the fact that it is used as a textbook to raise the cost outrageously.
This book is a scam.......2004-09-09
My friend used Management Information Sustems: Managing the Digital Firm 8th edition. Now that I received this one I can see that 95% of of the content in the new book is identical to the one my friend has. Oh, right, the authors also added to the title the words "essentials of" Management...
I can believe the publisher let the authors publish this kind of book. A previous review says that the book is almost identical to the previous edition of the same book. Now I am saying that the book is almost identical to a different book writen by the same authors...this is outrageous.
Ah, yes. The cases at the end of the chapters are different
Book Description
For introductory undergraduate courses in Information Systems taught in MIS, IS, CIS, Business and Management departments. This brief text is ideal for courses on quarter systems and those that combine a MIS text with hands-on software, projects, or case studies. These authoritative authors continue to define the MIS course by emphasizinghowbusiness objectives shape the application of new information systems and technologies and integrating a career orientation that demonstrates the relevance of information systems to all business students regardless of their major.
Customer Reviews:
This is the item of choice for any collection moving beyond introductory texts........2007-10-18
College-level computer holdings strong on Ajax or web programming guides need ENTERPRISE AJAX: STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING HIGH PERFORMANCE WEB APPLICATIONS. It covers advanced Ajax topics, so it's not for the beginner - that will please any already versed in Ajax who want to skip the basics. From implementing Model-View-Controller in the browser to overcoming security risks and optimizing Ajax functions, this is the item of choice for any collection moving beyond introductory texts.
Diane C. Donovan
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Great Book.......2007-09-20
Modern, current, well-written with on-line resources. I enjoyed it much better than many other texts in the information technology field.
Book Description
Configure the FI and CO Modules to Meet All Your Business Requirements
Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO is the only book of its kind: a detailed, practical guide to configuring R/3's two most popular modules. Written by the experts responsible for R/3 configuration in a Fortune 200 company, it provides detailed instructions and examples for all the Financial and Controlling submodules--information that will help you make good on your company's sizable investment.
Coverage includes:
* FI Enterprise Structure
* General Ledger
* Substitutions and Validations
* Automatic account assignments
* Accounts Payable
* Accounts Receivable
* Credit Management
* Lockbox
* CO Enterprise Structure
* Cost Element Accounting
* Cost Center Accounting
* Internal Orders
* CO settlement
* Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)
* Profit Center Accounting
* Investment Management
Visit this book's companion Web site at www.virtuosollc.com for additional coverage of FI/CO configuration techniques.
Customer Reviews:
Great but needs some changes.......2007-06-14
This book may not cover all the topics in FICO but keeping in mind that there is no other product in the market which explains the functionality of FI and CO modules, one has to agree that this is the best book available on this subject.
I am not sure if the authors added any new material to this one in the last 2 years, but as far as my knowledge, this book did not cover "Asset accounting", "Profitability analysis" and "Product costing". But, for anybody who is planning to know the basic functionalities of these modules this is the best book to start with.
The screenshots do not matter a lot as no matter which version you are on , you can still figure out the changes and you can always find the screens and tabs as the transaction codes haven't changed.
It would be great if this book is revised and if the authors can explain the new general ledger structure released in ECC 6.0. There is not much stuff out there on this topic.
A must have book for FICO consultant.......2007-06-02
It is a complete book on FICO configuration. It clearly articulates all the configuration steps required for FI and CO modules for an enterprise using a single company ,as an example, throughout the entire book.
A little background in accounting is needed before starting with this book. I refer the following book to starters, to get the basic knowledge on accounting.
THE ACCOUNTING GAME - Basic Accounting Fresh From the Lemonade Stand
Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO : The Essential Resource for Configuring the Financial and Controlling Modules.......2007-02-24
This book has a strong and effecient information on the subject, which is very finely explained the complexed and difficult issues in a simple language or grammer.. that is very helpful to grasp and grip the functions of the sap FiCo terminology and its tasks. it is quite interesting to read and impliment practically.
Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO: The Essential Resource for Configuring the Financial and Controlling Modules .......2007-01-11
Configuring SAP R/3 FI/CO: The Essential Resource for Configuring the Financial and Controlling Modules very important for SAP Consultant
Good resource book for "How To" configure SAP.......2007-01-10
This is a good book and might well deserve a 4 start rating. The pluses are it covers a large range of "How To" tasks necessary for setting up and maintaining your SAP system in as clear a presentation as is possible for the monolith that is SAP. Menu paths and transaction codes are listed and the information is well organized. Its minuses are that the information is out of date so it's difficult to follow the menu paths and some of the T codes don't work any longer. Sometimes the directions are not as specific or detailed as I would like. I would prefer directions that are crystal clear (do this to accomplish X) but I'm afraid that has more to do with the SAP labyrinth than the author. Only 3 starts because of the out-of-date info and lack of detail but still a good starting point to figure things out.
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Learn how computers and technology affect the nurse’s role in caring for the patient. Now fully updated and enhanced, the fourth edition includes new coverage of PDAs, the impact of HIPAA guidelines, patient safety issues, privacy issues, optimal use of decision support tools, and much more
Customer Reviews:
Easy to understand.......2007-10-18
I had recently joined the nursing informatics team. As a newbie with no qualification on this job whatsoever, this book had helped me in understanding the nature of this career. Good for beginners.
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Without Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), network administrators might have to actually get out of their chairs and go see what's up with all of the network-connected equipment under their authority. Perish the thought. Essential SNMP explains how the management protocol works and how it's implemented by several operating systems and pieces of equipment. More importantly, this book shows its reader--who should be a network administrator who's familiar with the problems of running a distributed network--how SNMP can earn its place as a network administration tool. In other words, this book examines SNMP as a strategic resource as well as a technical phenomenon.
Because it's oriented toward SNMP as a tool, much of the coverage in this book has to do with software that uses SNMP to provide network monitoring and control services. After a strengths-and-weaknesses overview of a number of SNMP packages, the authors use mainly HP OpenView, Castle Rock SNMPc, and Net-SNMP (the last in combination with Perl scripting) to demonstrate how SNMP works and how to take advantage of it. It's the scripting that really distinguishes this book from other SNMP books, by the way. It's integral to the authors' presentation, and the latter half of this book is packed with shell and Perl listings. --David Wall
Topics covered: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and its applicability as a network management tool. Details like object identifiers (OIDs), management information bases (MIBs), traps, and community strings are defined and explained. The configuration of SNMP agents is detailed for several software packages and operating systems, and the integration of SNMP and scripts (in shell languages and in Perl) is covered nicely.
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a "simple" set of operations that allows you to more easily monitor and manage network devices like routers, switches, servers, printers, and more. The information you can monitor with SNMP is wide-ranging--from standard items, like the amount of traffic flowing into an interface, to far more esoteric items, like the air temperature inside a router. In spite of its name, though, SNMP is not especially simple to learn.
O'Reilly has answered the call for help with a practical introduction that shows how to install, configure, and manage SNMP. Written for network and system administrators, the book introduces the basics of SNMP and then offers a technical background on how to use it effectively. Essential SNMP explores both commercial and open source packages, and elements like OIDs, MIBs, community strings, and traps are covered in depth. The book contains five new chapters and various updates throughout. Other new topics include:
- Expanded coverage of SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3
- Expanded coverage of SNMPc
- The concepts behind network management and change management
- RRDTool and Cricket
- The use of scripts for a variety of tasks
- How Java can be used to create SNMP applications
- Net-SNMP's Perl module
The bulk of the book is devoted to discussing, with real examples, how to use SNMP for system and network administration tasks. Administrators will come away with ideas for writing scripts to help them manage their networks, create managed objects, and extend the operation of SNMP agents.
Once demystified, SNMP is much more accessible. If you're looking for a way to more easily manage your network, look no further than Essential SNMP, 2nd Edition.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2007-05-25
Most of the books in this series are very technical and go into serious details. This one reads like a compendium of owner's manuals. A really good book on SNMP is needed and this one is not it.
1/4 good.......2007-05-03
This book is good up till you get 1/4 of the way through it. The first quarter of the book is good and it goes over general SNMP stuff then history different versions etc. The last 3/4 of this book cover configuring proprietary monitoring systems like open view and solar winds.
I dont care about open view.. or solar winds.. i wanted to learn about snmp... not some vendors software package. Im suprised that this got published with such a general title.. when really the book is an snmp intro, followed by how to setup a proprietary monitoring tool.
Great book on SNMP starts from the beginning.......2007-02-21
I hadn't seen a new book on SNMP come out in some time, and the older ones I had read were so abstract and unhelpful that I was reluctant to try another one. This book, though not perfect, is much better than the older books I have looked at on the subject. For one thing, it just didn't dive into the subject with a bunch of confusing graphs and object trees assuming I already knew the big picture.
Chapter one is just a general introduction to SNMP and network management. Chapter 2 goes into details on both SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. It talks about how SNMP sends and receives information, how to read MIB files, and about SNMP communities. It looks in detail at three MIB's - MIB-II, Host Resources, and RMON. MIB-II is a very important management group because every device that supports SNMP must also support MIB-II, thus objects from MIB-II are used in examples through the whole book. Chapter 3 introduces SNMPv3, which addresses the security problems present in v1 and v2.
Next the book introduces the idea of a network management architecture. It stresses that you need a plan that helps you use Network Management Stations (NMS's) effectively in order to effectively manage your network. This section includes how to properly choose your hardware and what questions you need to ask yourself. Next the book discusses actually installing and running your software. Specifically HP's OpenView Network Node Manager and Castle Rock's SNMPc Enterprise Edition are discussed. Included are detailed instructions along with screenshots of the application. Next there are instructions on how to configure SNMP agents. You are walked through some standard configuration parameters plus some advanced parameters that sometimes crop up. Once again there are plenty of screen shots to help you know you are on the right path.
Now that you've been walked through the configuration of your system and the installation of software, the book shows you how to use the three basic SNMP operations of snmpget, snmpset, and snmpwalk. A group of Perl scripts are shown that set, get, and walk objects. Next HP OpenView and Net-SNMP are used to perform the same operations from the command line. A third alternative is demonstrated that uses OpenView's graphical MIB Browser. Next is a discussion of how to set up SNMP to poll your devices at certain intervals and to set thresholds that require action if crossed. Again Perl scripts enter the discussion for configuring this set-up. SNMPc and OpenView screen shots show you how to configure this using graphical interfaces, and what to expect. Next the book discusses traps, which are how an agent sends a monitoring station asynchronous notification about certain key conditions that may require action. The book demonstrates how to handle traps using OpenView and Perl scripts. Next the book shows how to read, configure, and even define your own traps.
The book now turns to the problem of agents that need to be extended in their abilities. The book discusses the answer to this problem - extensible SNMP agents - and three of them in particular - the OpenView, Net-SNMP, and SystemEdge agents. Next are some interesting scripts for automating common system administration tasks. Issues covered by these little scripts include determining who is logging into your machine, a port monitor, service monitoring, and switching port control, among others. There is then a discussion on MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher), a trend analysis tool that generates image files and whose output is viewable from a web browser. Complete instructions on installing and using the tool are given. The next tool discussed is RRDtool, which in network management will most likely be used to store and process data collected via SNMP. However RRDtool can be used for many diverse purposes that have nothing to do with computer networks. The last chapter in the book is an odd one on using Java with SNMP. Specifically, the book presents the Java SNMP API known as SNMP4J. It doesn't really seem to add any functionality other than being an alternative for people who don't like to use Perl.
I liked this book very much. It had many good examples and it answered all of the questions I had previously had on SNMP starting from the beginning with what is SNMP and what can it do for you? I would highly recommend it to any network administrator who is planning on workng with SNMP.
Essential SNMP, Second Edition, Review.......2007-01-17
An excellent book that can help not only network engineers but Unix system administrators.
A lot of doubts that I had about SNMP went away and I feel much more relaxed with this topic in technical circles.
Good book, but where is there one for idiots?.......2007-01-11
I pretty much hate SNMP. It's stems from not understanding it. This book has given me a grasp on some of the concepts, but has refered to a few things that I am supposed to already know. It's not for beginners.
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Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition provides expert tutelage for data modelers, business analysts and systems designers at all levels. Beginning with the basics, this book provides a thorough grounding in theory before guiding the reader through the various stages of applied data modeling and database design. Later chapters address advanced subjects, including business rules, data warehousing, enterprise-wide modeling and data management.
The third edition of this popular book retains its distinctive hallmarks of readability and usefulness, but has been given significantly expanded coverage and reorganized for greater reader comprehension. Authored by two leaders in the field, Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition is the ideal reference for professionals and students looking for a real-world perspective.
· Thorough coverage of the fundamentals and relevant theory.
· Recognition and support for the creative side of the process.
· Expanded coverage of applied data modeling includes new chapters on logical and physical database design.
· New material describing a powerful technique for model verification.
· Unique coverage of the practical and human aspects of modeling, such as working with business specialists, managing change, and resolving conflict.
· Extensive online component including course notes and other teaching aids (www.mkp.com).
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This book is generally considered to be one of the best practical guides to data modeling and is commonly praised for its clarity and usefulness. Although it is a practitioner's guide, it garnered healthy classroom adoptions in the US and Australia. For the 3rd ed the authors have added a substantial online component including UML versions of all the diagrams, extra examples, course notes, questions, and solutions. Also, Graeme Simsion is a highly regarded member of the data management community, both in academia and industry. He won the 2002 DAMA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2003 International Achievement Award.
Customer Reviews:
Poorly written.......2006-12-22
While this book contains useful concepts, the author keeps getting ahead of himself. Every few pages an advanced concept is introduced with the phrase "chapter 6 will cover this in detail, but for now". What follows is a sketchy summary of an advanced concept requiring a full chapter. This is a hopelessly confusing way of organizing material. I either have to jump ahead to chapter 6 to figure out what in the heck the author is talking about and hope I could understand that chapter without reading previous ones (I couldn't), or simply skip it for now and hope it wasn't important (it was). I tried both, and neither method worked.
I keep asking myself why other reviewers praise this work. Why does every computer book written in the past couple years have at least 4 1/2 stars? Publishers hire professional reviewers to write glowing reviews. Don't fall for them, or for this book!
Good, detailed book.......2006-08-06
I'm a data architect at a small tech company, now working mostly with data warehouses, and was looking to refresh my data modeling skills. After reading Amazon reviews about different modeling books I chose this one and have not been disappointed. Rather than reading it from front to back, I read the first couple hundred pages and am now skipping around and reading sections that interest me.
The book is logically put together, and has a very detailed contents index, which makes finding relevant information easy. The sections I have read not only explain the theory but also give good examples putting the theory into practice. However, they sometimes seem to place too much emphasis on a theoretical approach that would never be used in the real world.
Overall I find this book very useful and have marked it up with sticky notes for sections I'll revisit for my next database modeling design.
Decent book.......2006-02-25
I bought this as a reference for a college course, and it seems to be a decent reference for data modeling.
A Data Modeling Classic.......2005-09-14
Simsion and Witt's _Data Modeling Essentials_ has been a classic on my data management bookshelf since the first edition. Now in the 3rd Edition, this work has become even more valuable and useful on data management projects. The fact that the authors continue to enhance and expand their work is a real asset.
This work is targeted at both students and experienced information technology professionals.
...and, of course, any data modeling book that manages to quote from Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", Stephen Covey's _7 Habits of Highly Effective People_, Bob Dylan's "Brownsville Girl", and even Jack Kerouac must be a good read, right?
Let's start with what I really like about this book:
1) _Essentials_ starts at the beginning "What is a Data Model" and works its way through entities, attributes, subtypes, ERDs, normalization and all the basics through to fairly advanced topics such as the use of surrogate keys, transformations, designing for performance, time dependence and advanced normalization. Simsion and Witt make this trek in a balanced and clearly-explained manner. This is no _...For Dummies_ type work - it is a true professional level book that consistently targets the whys, why-nots, how-much and when-to-stops of data modeling.
2) Along the way, the authors refer to multiple methods, notations, and tools, while sticking with a single notation throughout. I much prefer data modeling books like _Essentials_ that use the most common notation in modeling, as these books are more useful in a variety of contexts over those that use more obscure notations. I can see how this edition has updated references to tool features and modeling support.
3) _Essentials_ includes discussions that are, more often than not, left out of technical works in the data management field. For instance, most of the topics include references to myths, trade-offs, and real world issues. The authors' willingness to explore these topics is, in my opinion, a sign of maturity of this book. So many technical texts in database design completely ignore the trade-offs in tuning, simplifying design, and working with external constraints, etc., but the authors jump right in and give their opinions on what is best.
4) This book contains a substantial amount of material on the development of physical models and databases. Many data modeling books treat this area lightly and I find the authors' thoroughness in this area a really strength. Many logical data modelers struggle with turning beautiful designs into working databases and _Essentials_ does a great job of explaining the trade offs in a non-DBMS-specific manner.
This 3rd edition expands in these areas to become a true professional's guide to data modeling.
What I didn't like about Essentials:
1) While the majority of the work uses contemporary terminology and notation, there are still some terms with currency issues. For instance, when describing process models, the examples use Data Flow Diagramming notation, something that is not quite a common as it used to be and can be perceived as dated. On the other hand, what did the authors choose to call the boxes on a data model? "Entity Classes", in deference to what object modelers chose to call these boxes. The authors believe that this deference will improve communications between modelers. I don't agree. Having borrowed a term from the object crowd, how does the book refer to modelers? "E-R modelers", a term that is rare and dated. And in many places, instead of referring to data models, they are called "E-R models". Data modeling tools are referred to as "documentation tools" or "CASE tools" - these are also dated terms. Perhaps in the 4th edition we will see a complete updating of terminologies and notations.
2) As a textbook, this work recommends approaches that are not suitable for novice modelers. For instance, the authors recommend the use of dummy rows and special dummy words in databases to avoid Nulls, the use of multi-valued attributes (not columns, attributes), etc. Of course these things happen in the real world, but to recommend them in a text without sufficiently covering the down sides of these approaches is going to get a few newbie modelers in hot water.
3) As a professional guide, the definition of "Logical Model" as a model that is DBMS-specific is not a well-accepted definition and will cause confusion when professionals work with others who define a Logical Model as a model that is DBMS-independent.
4) I believe that the introduction of Normalization in Chapter 2 is premature. Many normal forms can be `met' by following good modeling practices. If these practices were introduced in an appropriate manner, the authors could then show how these practices support normalization.
5) As I have said in reviews of other data modeling works, I hold text book examples to a higher standard. _Essentials_ uses an entity and relationship naming standard that is overly prone to errors and misunderstandings: infinitive-based verb phrases with a "be" form in the reverse relationship. This leads unfortunately weak relationship names, such as those in figure 10.3 Insurance Model:
a. Policy Type may classify Policy / Policy must be classified by Policy Type (using may and must based on optionality)
b. Policy must involve Person Role in Policy / Person Role in Policy must be for Policy
I'm not sure how to interpret these. Why is "involve" the reverse of "be for"? What does the term "be for" really mean, anyway? What does "be of" mean?
What if I don't want to introduce cardinality in my business sentences? I'd get sentences such as "Person Role in Policy be for Policy". What business user wants to work with a model that has assertions such as that? What does the relationship that is named "nominate" on one side and "be party to" on the other really mean? This sounds like I may just be nitpicking, but I continue to find this be-form and infinitive verb style prone to errors and I wish authors would give up on it in textbooks. If the authors can't make it work, how will the students?
Overall
While I've mentioned a handful of things I didn't like in this work, I still highly recommend it. I especially appreciate the approach to topics that most authors shy away from. This is a substantial work - it has goodies for new modelers, intermediate modelers, and advanced modelers. _Data Modeling Essentials_ is my number one recommended how-to data modeling book. It is the perfect balance of theory and practice, giving the reader both the foundation and the tools to deliver high-quality data models.
Disclaimer: I was a pre-publication reviewer for this work and received compensation, including copy of the book, for providing a review based on my data modeling experience. I receive no compensation from the publisher related to sales or promotion of this book.
COMPETENCY IN DATA MODELING.......2005-08-16
Once you have a basic understanding of your application development tool, it will be a lot easier to learn the principles of data modeling. Authors Graeme Simsion and Graham Wittdone have done an outstanding job in this book of helping IT professionals to acquire competency in data modeling.
Simsion and Wittdone begin this book by covering the basics of data modeling. Next, the authors look at some fundamental techniques for organizing data. In addition, the authors present a top-down approach to data modeling, supported by a widely used diagramming convention. They also look at a particular and very important type of choice in data modeling. Then, they turn to the nuts and bolts of data: attributes and columns. The authors then look in detail at the technical criteria governing primary key selection. Next, they look at some of the more common alternatives and extensions, focusing on conceptual modeling. Then, they look at the critical data modeling issues in project planning and management, with the aim of giving you the tools to examine critically any proposed approach from a data modeling perspective. The authors continue by looking at a variety of techniques for gaining a holistic understanding of the relevant business area and the role of the proposed information system. Next, they cover the development and use of a repertoire of standard solutions that are a large part of practical data modeling. In addition, they then look at the most common situation and describe the transformations and design decisions that are needed to apply to the conceptual model to produce a logical model suitable for direct implementation as a relational database. The authors then review the inputs that the physical database designer requires in addition to the Logical Data Model; as well as, looking at a number of options available for achieving performance goals. Next, they look at three further stages of normalization: Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF), fourth normal form (4NF), and fifth normal for (5NF). They then continue to look in a broad fashion at the business rules and then focus on the types of rules that are of particular concern to the data modeler. In addition, the authors look at some basic principles and structures for handling time-related data. Next, they look at how the requirements for data marts and data warehouses differ from those for operational databases. Finally, they look briefly at data management in general, and then discuss the uses of enterprise data models.
With the preceding in mind, the authors have done an excellent job of showing how to develop enterprise data modeling. At the same time, the authors caution that "while enterprise data models can be powerful vehicles for promulgating new ideas, they may also stifle original thinking by requiring conformity."
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Job titles like "Technical Architect" and "Chief Architect" nowadays abound in the software industry, yet many people suspect that "architecture" is one of the most overused and least understood terms in professional software development.
Gorton's book helps resolve this predicament. It concisely describes the essential elements of knowledge and key skills required to be a software architect. The explanations encompass the essentials of architecture thinking, practices, and supporting technologies. They range from a general understanding of software structure and quality attributes, through technical issues like middleware components and documentation techniques, to emerging technologies like model-driven architecture, software product lines, aspect-oriented design, service-oriented architectures, and the Semantic Web, all of which will influence future software system architectures.
All approaches are illustrated by an ongoing real-world example. So if you work as an architect or senior designer (or want to someday), or if you are a student in software engineering, here is a valuable and yet approachable source of knowledge.
"Ian's book helps us to head in the right direction through the various techniques and approaches... An essential guide to computer science students as well as developers and IT professionals who aspire to become an IT architect". (Anna Liu, Architect Advisor, Microsoft Australia)
Customer Reviews:
See UML 2 applied to architecture specification.......2007-07-31
Get this book if you're interested in seeing UML 2 applied to software architecture specification. In any case, it gives a good overview of architecting with emerging technologies as well as state-of-the-industry middleware.
Practical and timely.......2007-03-11
My Master's project deals with Software Architecture best practices and I turned to this book to help formulate my thoughts. The chapter on Middleware architectures is a valuable read and serves as a unifying framework for thinking about middleware in the architectural sense. The case study used in the book is helpful as well. Overall, you will find this book an excellent introduction to Software Architecture (with a nice dive into middleware and other topics not readily found in other SA books) and a nice read to go along with the other Software Architecture classics from the SEI.
book review -- essential software engineering.......2006-07-11
This book attempts to bridge the gap between the needs of professional software architects and the current body of knowledge in software architecture. It aims to convey the essence of architecture thinking, practices and supporting technologies and provides concise discussions about the issues, techniques and methods in architectural practices. It also describes and analyzes the general purpose component and middleware technologies that support many of the fundamental architectural patterns used in applications.
As an introductory textbook it is very useful for (to be) ICT professionals and students.
Customer Reviews:
This book is god-sent!!!.......2005-10-19
A must for all web dynpro developers!!!
SUPERB!!
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In a typical organization, there's always plenty that to do such as: pay vendors, invoice customers, answer customer inquiries, and fix bugs in hardware or software. You need to know who wants what and keep track of what is left to do.
This is where a ticketing system comes in. A ticketing system allows you to check the status of various tasks: when they were requested, who requested them and why, when they were completed, and more. RT is a high-level, open source ticketing system efficiently enabling a group of people to manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users.
RT Essentials, co-written by one of the RT's original core developers, Jesse Vincent, starts off with a quick background lesson about ticketing systems and then shows you how to install and configure RT. This comprehensive guide explains how to perform day-to-day tasks to turn your RT server into a highly useful tracking tool. One way it does this is by examining how a company could use RT to manage its internal processes. Advanced chapters focus on developing add-on tools and utilities using Perl and Mason. There's also chapter filled with suggested uses for RT inside your organization.
No matter what kind of data your organization tracks--from sales inquiries to security incidents or anything in between--RT Essentials helps you use RT to provide order when you need it most.
Customer Reviews:
Dissappointing.......2007-01-11
I was very dissappointed with RT Essentials. I had been using and administering an older version of RT for some time, but when I upgraded to the current version I thought I would benefit from reading this book. There are a lot of new features in the later versions and this book just barely mentions them. I had the feeling that it just almost told me what I wanted to know, but not quite. I would very much like to see an expanded, more detailed more comprehensive edition. I think it would take a book twice the size of the current edition to do RT right. I want complete tutorials on writing scrips, using templates, using custom fields, using saved searches, etc.
Helpful, but already dated.......2006-08-07
Request Tracker (RT) is a great product. I am the only sysadmin at a small company, and having an automated tracking system is going to be an immense benefit for me. I bought "RT Essentials" to help me get up to speed on RT3 really quickly. And, since it was written by the programmer who's responsible for RT, the book had lots of detail and tips.
However, when it came down to implementing some of the code in the book, I found that it was already outdated. For example, I tried to set up the Autoreply template with Password by copying the code straight out of the book. It didn't work because the program codebase has changed too much since the book was released.
I was able to fix my template problem by hooking into the great RT user community, where the author contributes frequently.
All in all, I thought the book was really helpful for getting RT installed and getting me up to speed. For the nitty-gritty, I'd rely on the online wiki and great user community.
Excellent Software, but Average Book.......2006-05-01
We've been using RT for several years. As one happy customer mentions at Best Practical's site, managing a project or service driven organization without RT is like watching TV without a TiVo. The software is powerful, flexible, and above all, adaptable to many styles of management for more than just technology projects. No question, the software gets 5 stars.
This book, however, is largely a reorganization of the information provided with the software. If you prefer to read printed materials instead of PDFs or HTML, this book will save you money on printer paper. But if you're looking for best practices, recipies, or enhancements such as those you'll find in the RT Wiki, you may be disappointed. In fact, for most of the advanced capabilities, you are referred by the book to other resources. The book does contain the occasional nugget, such as a half dozen lines of code to truly delete a ticket and related data. With some searching, you'd be able to find those, and better, at the RT Wiki, such as the particuarly valuable contributions from the University of Oslo (do an A9 search for "RT prosjektgruppen").
Compared to most O'Reilly books which set the bar for excellence, this one is merely average. However, I do recommend this book as an introduction for those considering whether it's worthwhile to move to RT from some other enterprise ticketing system, and for techs to give to managers who are more comfortable with hard copies than electronic documents. For any RT admin, it's certainly worthwhile to have documentation printed and organized in an easy reference, considering how much you've saved on the excellent software itself.
QUITE THE TRACKER!!.......2006-02-21
Are you an end-user, system administrator or developer who interacts with RT on an occasional or regular basis? Authors Jesse Vincent, Robert Spier, Dave Rolsky, Darren Chamberlain and Richard Foley, have written an outstanding book that is for everybody who has to use RT to manage tasks.
Vincent, Spier, Rolsky, Chamberlain and Foley, begin by providing some background about what ticketing systems are and how they can help save your job and your sanity. Then, they walk you through the process of setting up an RT server and configuring sane system defaults. The authors continue by showing you how to get up and running with RT's web interface. In addition, they explain how to interact with RT from your shell or console window. The authors also step you through the basics of turning a virgin RT server into a useful tool for tracking what you need to do inside your organization. Then, the authors show you how to extend RT's standard behavior with custom business logic. Next, they provide a look inside the RT configuration at Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, a nonexistent company that makes heavy use of RT to manage their internal processes. Next, the authors walk you through RT's files on disk; as well as, the details of its database tables. Then, they describe how DBIx::SearchBuilder works. Finally, they show you how to set up a local sandbox for modifying and extending RT without putting your production server in harm's way.
This excellent book will be considerably more useful to you if you have at least a basic understanding of the Unix command line. Above all, this book will be very useful to you if you also have a basic understanding of Unix systems administration skills, and at least a little bit of experience programming in Perl.
general inner structure of RT .......2005-09-25
The RT Essential describes the general inner structure of RT software.It mainly helps RT user to understand how to install RT and how to use other tool software ,such as perl and mason ,to develope RT for his own construct.It describes each item in RT generally.
RT has many application.many company use it to develope custumer service system,So I hope the author to write developer book on RT for programming.
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