Practitioners Books

Bill Inmon's 1988 work has 5 sections: Intro to Info Engineering, Data Modeling, Detailed Data Design, Process Modeling, and Other Architectural Considerations. This title is heavy on the data modelling section as you would expect from an Inmon work. To uches only lightly on other facets of Information Engineering.

The information contained in this volume is fine, however the frequent typographical and grammatical errors make reading a chore.

This has some tips I can use, but is dated in the respect of available materials to use.

If you are an ITIL practitioner, or are studying for certification this book outlines the approach to risk, which is especially applicable to the Service Delivery process areas related to service continuity management and availability management, as well as security management. It also has wider applications within the ITIL processes, but those are three two where it is directly related.

The book covers basic principles, and defines a fairly standard risk management framework that includes identification, evaluation and countermeasures. The material stratifies risk management at the strategic, program and project, and operational levels. These are also consistent with the PRINCE2 approach.

In addition to the risk framework, processes and procedures, this book also provides a business case template, and outlines for business continuity, communications and contingency plans, plus policy and process examples.

Highly useful to ITIL practitioners who want complete alignment to the ITIL set of processes, but otherwise only marginally useful outside that domain.

I am a Smoking Cessation Peer Advocate for a CBO in Chicago. I was very excited to receive/review this product. I was very disappointed when I received it, however. All of the Epidemiological data is based on estimates derived from the UK population, not the US. There is NO mention of this in the book description, and I believe it to be a fundamental flaw as the data is not generalizable to the US population due to varying demographics. I will state that the intervention data and suggestions are appropriate for almost any demographic, although I was extremely disappointed to discover that the authors made NO mention of the LGBT community, a population with severe disparity regarding smoking prevalence. Major tobacco companies have targeted the LGBT community for years, often referring to them as SCUM (Sub-Culture Urban Marketing). I believe that the authors may want to consider a revised addition including these revisions.

I had to have it for class, they came out with a new edition soon after I bought this one.

The book is fairly informative for people who want an introductory guide to the Singapore Real estate markets. This is a good book to get you started on choosing a good investment. However, the fast pace of change in Singapore, with a lot of new properties coming into the market makes this book a bit outdated by the time it comes out. Also, additional details on the laws related to real estate dealing and financing options available would have been invaluable.

Overall a good buy.

Hi,

Book is quit good and it will be useful to me. Just a single comment: this book has the stamp from a public library (I think from Ohio) so I'm just wondering where did thid book come from. I hope that it comes legaly and it has not been taken away from the library.

Regards

Alex

This book is good for the research minded practitioner, not very helpful in treatment planning.

I have used Therascripe at places I have worked and thought it was an excellent tool. However, the version that i ordered did not come with a
manual. That made the value of the product drop significantly!