Congressional record dictation,

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Title: APHA annual congressional record: how members of Congress supported public health.(American Public Health Association)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: The Nation's Health (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
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Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Page: 11(4)

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Candidates 1968 Public Records of Americ

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Candidates 1968 Public Records of Americ
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Congressional legislation. (issues of terrorism, healthcare privacy and sexual harassment discussed in the US Congress)(Legal Reporter): An article from: Security Management

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Congressional legislation. (issues of terrorism, healthcare privacy and sexual harassment discussed in the US Congress)(Legal Reporter): An article from: Security Management
Dequendre Neeley
Manufacturer: American Society for Industrial Security
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on August 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1163 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Confidentiality of medical records, sexual harassment and terrorism were some of the issues discussed in the US Congress. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing which produced vital lessons learned from the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. Legislation combined with partnership approach with government agencies were significant factors in counterterrorist activities. Sen John Jeffords filed a bill on the access control of patient information while the bill sponsored by Rep Charles Schumer stressed on sexual harassment awareness in educational institutions.

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Title: Congressional legislation. (issues of terrorism, healthcare privacy and sexual harassment discussed in the US Congress)(Legal Reporter)
Author: Dequendre Neeley
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 1998
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v42 Issue: n8 Page: p88(3)

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Congressional Record

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Binding: Hardcover

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD containing the Porceedings and Debates of the 46th Congress, 2nd Session. Vol 10 Part 5

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD containing the Porceedings and Debates of the 46th Congress, 2nd Session. Vol 10 Part 5
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD containing the Proceedings and Debates of the 46th Congress, 2nd Session Vol 10 Part 2

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD containing the Proceedings and Debates of the 46th Congress, 2nd Session Vol 10 Part 2
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THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD containing the Proceedings and Debates of the 46th Congress, 2nd Session. Vol 10 Parts 1-5

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THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD containing the Proceedings and Debates of the 46th Congress, 2nd Session. Vol 10 Parts 1-5
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Congressional Record (92d Congress 1st Session, V. 117 Part 33. November 22, 1971 to December 1, 1971)

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Congressional Record (92d Congress 1st Session, V. 117 Part 33. November 22, 1971 to December 1, 1971)
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Congressional Record (Vol. 117, Part 32. 92d. Congress 1st Session November 16, 1971 to November 20, 1971)

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Congressional Record (Vol. 117, Part 32. 92d. Congress 1st Session November 16, 1971 to November 20, 1971)
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The Bases of Competence explains what skills and competencies students need to succeed in today's workplace and details how colleges and universities can strengthen the curriculum to cultivate these skills in their undergraduate students. The book addresses the continuing disparity between the skills developed in college and the essential skills needed in the dynamic workplace environment. By providing a common language from which to work, The Bases of Competence enables both educators and employers to create educational experiences of practical and enduring value.

Drawing on more than a decade of research on companies, graduates, and students, the authors identify four distinct skill combinations most desired by employers--Managing Self, Communicating, Managing People and Tasks, and Mobilizing Innovation and Change. Using case studies and best practices from a wide variety of institutional settings and workplace environments, the authors show how developing competencies narrows the gap between the classroom and work--providing students with a portfolio of basic skills that translate into lifelong employability.

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Linking Ivory Towers with Fast-Forward Competitive Edge Inc........1999-03-26

Based on research findings, the authors discuss the movement toward competency-based education. Using case studies and best practices, shows how developing competencies narrows the gap between the classroom and work. The book identifies the four skill combinations most sought after by employers as: managing self, communicating, managing people and task, and mobilizing innovation and change. Includes a "Making the Match Year 3 Questionnaires (skill sections) for Students, Graduates, and Managers.

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Anyone with a responsibility for curriculum development or policy making who wants to advance learning and promote employability among their students will find this book absolutely essential reading.

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An analytical solution for the finite-horizon pavement resurfacing planning problem
Y. Ouyang , and S. Madanat
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Binding: Digital

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An analytical solution for the finite-horizon pavement resurfacing planning problem [An article from: Transportation Research Part B]
Y. Ouyang , and S. Madanat
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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ASIN: B000P6NULA

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This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part B, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper presents an analytical approach for planning highway pavement resurfacing activities in the case of continuous pavement state and continuous time. It solves for the optimal resurfacing frequency and intensity that minimize life-cycle costs in a finite horizon. Optimality conditions are derived analytically, and a simple algorithm is developed to solve for the exact optimal solution. The optimal resurfacing strategy is found to be consistent with findings previously obtained by using an approximate approach and the strategy obtained for the infinite-horizon problem.

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A combination of text, CD-ROM, flowcharting software, and on-line guidance shows how to plan, execute, and internalize and upgraded quality management system (QMS) within any organization. The authors, both ISO experts, provide concepts that actually go beyond meeting the minimum QMS requirements as defined in ISO 9001. Offers case studies and straightforward, practical guidance for those starting the ISO certification process as well as others striving to pass the six-month audits.

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Corporate America's fascination with teams has caused many organizations to label any group of employees a ``team.'' But the most effective teams follow a structured, systematic approach to accomplishing their goals. Teaming by Design presents a proven approach to successful teaming and includes several concepts and definitions for team processes, followed by instructions and questions for team members. Complete with definitions, checklists, worksheets, exercises, and true stories of ``Teams in Action,'' this handbook will help you, your co-team members, and your sponsoring organization to: develop an effective system for teaming; balance the diverse strengths and contributions of team members; define approprite team roles and functions; conduct efficient team meetings.

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The Struggle for Australian Industrial Relations describes and analyses what occurred in Australian industrial relations in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is a sequel to Dabscheck's Australian Industrial Relations in the 1980s. In examining the major issues and developments which have occurred in these years, Dabscheck develops a new general theory of (Australia) industrial relations based on the analytical device of an orbit of interaction. This theory is used to analyse the changes, and the increasing decentralisation, which has taken place in Australian industrial relations. Dabscheck's analysis focuses on three key inter-related issues. The first is the diminution in the status and role of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. It's role has been challenged by High Court decisions concerning the 'corporations' and 'external affairs' powers in the Australian Constitution, and by the increasingly hostilite Accord partners, the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Council of Trade Unions. The second is the adoption of enterprise bargaining. The positions adopted by the various protagonists - the Business Council of Australia, the State governments, in legislative initiatives, and the Accord partners - are explained and analysed. The third issue concerns the rationalisation of union structure wrought by the ACTus amalgamation strategy. It is argued that amalgamation has been inimical to the interests of unions and has reduced their ability to recruit new members.

The Struggle for Australian Industrial Relations. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues

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The Struggle for Australian Industrial Relations. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Suzanne Kahn Konzelmann
Manufacturer: Association for Evolutionary Economics
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Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B00097TLDG
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on September 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1258 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Struggle for Australian Industrial Relations. (book reviews)
Author: Suzanne Kahn Konzelmann
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1997
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics
Volume: v31 Issue: n3 Page: p851(4)

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THE STRUGGLE FOR AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

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THE STRUGGLE FOR AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Braham Dabscheck
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press Melbourne, Australia
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THE STRUGGLE FOR AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Braham Dabscheck
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OLE59M

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Trainers are always on the lookout for new activities that will break the ice and encourage greater creativity in employees, and this sourcebook beautifully fits the bill. It contains 45 original exercises that use improvisation as a way to enhance learning in any training program. The titles of these interactive games suggest how imaginative they are: "Game Names," "Management Poetry," "Lost Dreamers," and "Guru Training," to name just a few. But the underlying purpose is always serious, as trainers gain practice in problemsolving, communication, and defusing racism and sexism in the workplace. Each exercise includes helpful advice for facilitators and participants, as well as debriefing notes and self-assessment forms.

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Intelligent Support Systems for Marketing Decisions examines new product development, market penetration strategies, and other marketing decisions utilizing a confluence of methods, including Decision Support Systems (DSS), Artificial Intelligence in Marketing and Multicriteria Analysis. The authors systematically examine the use and implementation of these methodologies in making strategic marketing decisions.

Part I discusses the basic concepts of multicriteria analysis vis-à-vis marketing decisions and in new product development situations. Part II presents basic concepts from the fields of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, and Intelligent Decision Support Methods. In addition, specialized categories of DSS (multicriteria DSS, web-based DSS, group DSS, spatial DSS) are discussed in terms of their key features and current use in marketing applications. Part III presents IDSS and a multicriteria methodology for new product development. Further chapters present a developmental strategy for analyzing, designing, and implementing an Intelligent Marketing Decision Support System. The implementation discussion is illustrated with a real-world example of the methods and system in use.

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Can get a perspective through overview of strategy

Brief and to the Point

Didn't do me any good.

An overview of concepts used in Business Strategy

Good reference for modern strategy theories

Strategy: A View From The Top (An Executive Perspective) (2nd Edition)
Cornelis A. De Kluyver , and John A. Pearce
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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ASIN: 0131861360

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A short, up-to-date, practical and readable guide to strategy formulation, this book is designed for practicing executives who are getting ready to assume broader responsibilities. By focusing on strategic thinking and using real-life examples and historical references, this book is a must-read for the serious executive strategist. The first chapter defines strategy and its effect on a corporation's effectiveness; and then in subsequent chapters covers the external strategic environment, the analysis of a firm's physical assets, the development of a competitive strategy, different industry environments, corporate strategy and competition, different strategy choices, global strategy, and implementing and controlling a chosen strategic direction. For CEOs, senior executives, general managers, vice-presidents, divisional managers, and consultants.

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Can get a perspective through overview of strategy.......2007-10-15

This book is very helpful to get a understanding about strategy.
Because of this book offers quick review whole about strategy.

Brief and to the Point.......2007-10-02

The book is a concise exposition of the most important concepts and techniques in strategic management. The book provides a sound overview of strategic management, focusing on basic concepts and their application in the real world of business. The book covers all the essential topics in strategic management such as environmental scanning, industry analysis, strategy formation, competitive strategies, strategy implementation and global strategy.

Those interested in strategic management and corporate strategy will find the book useful and handy. This is particularly the case with the busy executives who need a concise book packed with all the useful concepts that can be applied in formulating strategies in their organizations.

All-in-all, a short but readable textbook filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more competent, effective and valuable to their organizations.

Didn't do me any good........2007-01-09

It was a book required for my MBA course, but it speaks to what seems like common sense. Read the Wall Street Journal if you want some insight on real world strategy.

An overview of concepts used in Business Strategy.......2005-12-08

This book is a good overview of the several approaches used in the discipline of Business Strategy. It covers most of the current approaches and concepts.

Usually the major concepts are presented with sufficient detail so that it is possible to understand the basics. The concepts and tools related to strategy are put in the context that is most applicable, i.e., scenario analysis is part of Chapter 2 - Change and Uncertainty in the External Strategic Envinronment.

A good thing is that the book reduces "the marketing or hype" around some tools or concepts to its real dimension or importance, helping the practioner understand its applicability in real world situations.

I would say the book is a good introduction on the topics covered and can be used both as a starting point or an overview by an experienced person that has been exposed to a particular set of techniques and concepts and wants to complements his/her knowldedge.

Good reference for modern strategy theories.......2002-12-17

Thin (140pages), but comprehensive introduction of strategy theories from SWOT to Porter's thoughts. Best to capture the concept of Strategy.

The view changes at the top: resolving differences in managerial perspectives on strategy.: An article from: SAM Advanced Management Journal

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The view changes at the top: resolving differences in managerial perspectives on strategy.: An article from: SAM Advanced Management Journal
John A. Parnell , and Michael L. Menefee
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from SAM Advanced Management Journal, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2007. The length of the article is 7443 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The view changes at the top: resolving differences in managerial perspectives on strategy.
Author: John A. Parnell
Publication: SAM Advanced Management Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 72 Issue: 2 Page: 4(11)

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A View from the Top: How CEOs Link Learning to Corporate Strategy

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A View from the Top: How CEOs Link Learning to Corporate Strategy
Tony Bingham and Pat Galagan
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ASIN: 1562864831

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T+D, the monthly publication of the American Society for Training & Development, has compiled three years of its At C Level series interviews with CEOs and comprehensive articles highlighting their learning strategies at major corporations into a 130-page publication. In these interviews, CEOs describe how learning plays a vital role in the company s strategic goals. As part of the At C Level series, top learning executives from the companies wrote accompanying articles about how key learning initiatives support the company s strategy and mission. All senior executives from companies such as Deere & Company, Satyam, McDonald s, and Raytheon attribute positive, measurable results to their company training programs.

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Strategy: A View From the Top
Claremont Graduate University John A. Cornelis A. de Kluyver
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OH9LIG

Strategy: A View From The Top(An Executive Perspective)

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Strategy: A View From The Top(An Executive Perspective)
Cornelis A.; Pearce, John A. De Kluyver
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Authored by an internationally known expert in configuration management (CM) solutions, this unique new book helps experienced professionals and novices alike see why CM is critical to the survival of their company?s e-commerce and e-business development and management. Unlike other books on configuration management, this book examines CM from a ?business value? perspective. You learn why your company?s e-business and e-commerce ? encompassing web content, web applications, back-office applications, code and data ? simply will not survive or thrive without CM. The book provides a thorough overview of CM technology, and reveals ?best practice? techniques for selecting and deploying automated CM solutions. Nine key challenges facing e-commerce are detailed, along with practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls that can quickly derail your e-business. Case studies are included. Software Included! The CD-ROM contains two informative PowerPoint presentations by Susan Dart to help you implement concepts covered in the book: The Agony and Ecstasy of Configuration Management and Mastering E-Development.

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A must read for Web developers.......2003-04-16

In the preface of the book the author states that her main aim in writing the book is to articulate and raise awareness about the Web crisis and then provide a solution in the form of configuration management. The book delivers the goods and fulfills the promises. Configuration management has been around for many years and the author is one of the top experts in the field.
The explosive growth of the Word Wide Web has changed the way software is developed for Internet and WWW. In the case of software development for the Web, the fundamental difference is the time-time to develop, time to change, time to modify and update, time to correct and so on. Configuration management, if not implemented correctly, can increase the response time of a company. But if the organizations ignore the CM principles and do a "quick job", then it can lead to greater disasters.
So how to implement configuration management techniques properly to Web development and deployment has been a problem that has vexed project managers and development teams. This book does an excellent job in telling how to integrate configuration management into the web development efforts of the organization, so that the organization can survive and thrive in this highly competitive internet times by providing its customers, shareholders, employees and so on with up-to-the-minute and accurate information.
The book provides an overview of web development and configuration management before getting down to the business of linking CM and web engineering. This overview provides a good starting point for people who are new to these fields. The chapters "CM tool selection and deployment" and "Cases studies in CM automation of web systems" are excellent and provide practical and surefire strategies and advise for the practitioners. The checklists, templates, questionnaires, etc. add value to the book as they can be readily put to use.
This book is a must read for project managers and development teams who want to consistently succeed in their web development efforts.

Good only to show why you need Configuration Management.......2003-03-03

While this book does a great job of showing the need for change management for web sites, it gets all the implementation details wrong. The main focus is on configuration management for the software portions of the site. While very important, this is a standard problem that has been addressed by a number of version control / configuration management tools. When the book discusses web "content management", it gets it wrong (FrontPage and Dreamweaver are listed as content management tools) and misses the main issues of controlling and coordinating content updates on the site. Large scale web sites have special requirements on content coordination. For example, coordination changes in design of the site, coordination of content in various languages, and change management of database updates are critical to site configuration management and not touched on in this book at all. This appears to be mainly a software configuration management book that added some terminology and checklists for the web. Speaking of checklists, there are configuration management templates described in the books appendix; I was surprised to find the book's CDROM, however, contained only two Powerpoint slide presentations.

Addresses challenges, raises awareness & gives case studies.......2001-05-05

Ms. Dart is a well known expert in configuration management and her a long list of published articles are highly technical in nature. However, this book is not one of her "how to" approaches. Instead, it provides a path towards best practices that are conspicuously missing in most web engineering and web site management endeavors. My own background will add some context to my review. I have developed and implemented policies, processes and procedures for both software configuration management (SCM) and change control for a number of companies. SCM is an application delivery discipline that is key to product integrity and assurance during development and maintenance. Change control is a service delivery discipline that ensures that changes released to the production environment are carefully controlled. In the past the two were the concern of two entirely different domains (development and production), and only companies that had highly mature processes linking problem management, enhancements/bug fixes, SCM and release and production change management bridged the two domains.

The web changed that because cycle times compressed and are driven by business requirements, not technical considerations. The tried and true processes we employed for SCM and change control were barriers to meeting business requirements and something had to give. Unfortunately, what gave was due diligence, which is well illustrated in figures 1.1 through 1.3 in this book. These figures show typical best practice development/maintenance cycle and typical change request process employed in non-web based systems, and the "fix it-publish it-fix" it approach that is too common in web-centric systems. This book provides the middle ground by examining how to implement processes and procedures that provide assurance without the barriers of the traditional approach to processes.

Ms. Dart begins this book with a broad description of web-centric computing and a list of nine major challenges faced by this paradigm. This is foundation material that is more suited to managers, but is also valuable for technical staff who need to see the big picture. She follows this with a description of what CM is. Nothing new here for those of us who have been practitioners, but this may be enlightening material for the bright, young wizards who are geniuses at coding and system integration, but have little-to-no idea about processes. The next chapter, 4, covers tools from a functionality viewpoint. The discussion of evolutionary and full-process tools will help define your tool requirements based on how you manage development and production. She also provides some excellent pointers on how to develop a benefit analysis and determine return on tool investment, which is something the bean counters will want to see considering how expensive most CM tools are. Chapter 5 gives sound advice on selecting and implementing a CM tool. This chapter is especially valuable because of the pointers on managing the RFP and vendor evaluation and selection process. Templates and checklists supporting this process are provided in the appendices.

The heart of this book for the practitioner and newcomer alike is chapter 6, which contains case studies of how major companies are using the more mainstream CM tools (ClearCase, Continuus, PVCS, and the like). This chapter is full of ideas and shows typical challenges faced, and the solutions crafted, to balance the "Internet-time" driven implementations and releases with processes that support assurance and integrity.

This book is high-level and process-oriented. If you are seeking a down-in-the-dirt book on how to implement and manage CM in a web-centric environment look elsewhere. However, if you want sound advice from a credible source about how to determine your requirements and develop processes and select the best tool, then this book provides value. I give it five stars for raising awareness and addressing the thorny problem of balancing traditional CM practices with the realities of web-centric computing cycle times.

Long on generalities, short on detail........2001-04-27

Surprisingly, this book already feels dated as it seems to have emerged from the e-boom. It aims very much at the broad picture as it appeared at that time. It has relatively little to say about the nitty-gritty of what aspects of Web engineering need special consideration in the context of CM.

Disappointing from someone who has written well about CM in the past.

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