Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning58 reviews
Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris

Harvard Business School Press, 2007

Five stars but... for the right audience!

+ "Going by the Gut" may be going by the wayside

I was excited by the title, some of the reviews and rushed to buy this. Read it quite fast and got little disappointed. Probably the correct title could be ''Advocacy for Competing on Analytics''. To be clear, the book is very good if you are: a student, a junior project manager, a junior ...
  
  











  



  
Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions13 reviews
James Taylor, Neil Raden

Prentice Hall PTR, 2007

Great Book for Application Architect

+ SOA Decision Services
+ Natural Successor to "Competing on Analytics"
+ A book that spans two worlds and helps you make better decisions
  
  











  



  
Mining the Talk: Unlocking the Business Value in Unstructured Information (IBM Press)16 reviews
Scott Spangler, Jeffrey Kreulen

IBM Press, 2007

Finding the real value in your unstructured data...

+ Excellent introduction to text mining
+ Excellent & approachable text-mining book
+ Valuable Source
+ Highly Readable and Intriguing
  
  











  



  
Mining the Talk: Unlocking the Business Value in Unstructured Information (IBM Press)16 reviews
Scott Spangler, Jeffrey Kreulen

IBM Press, 2007

Finding the real value in your unstructured data...

+ Excellent introduction to text mining
+ Excellent & approachable text-mining book
+ Valuable Source
+ Highly Readable and Intriguing
  
  











  



  
Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning58 reviews
Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris

Harvard Business School Press, 2007

Five stars but... for the right audience!

+ "Going by the Gut" may be going by the wayside

I was excited by the title, some of the reviews and rushed to buy this. Read it quite fast and got little disappointed. Probably the correct title could be ''Advocacy for Competing on Analytics''. To be clear, the book is very good if you are: a student, a junior project manager, a junior ...
  
  











  



  
Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions13 reviews
James Taylor, Neil Raden

Prentice Hall PTR, 2007

Great Book for Application Architect

+ SOA Decision Services
+ Natural Successor to "Competing on Analytics"
+ A book that spans two worlds and helps you make better decisions