On the Bookshelf

  This 2020 publication is much needed: too many corporate initiatives are branded “strategic” as a synonym for “important”. Githens brings rigour to the subject

Lean is a management methodology that seeks to maximise customer value by giving the customer the product or service they want in the most efficient

The book that “re-launched” the Lean methodology back into the West by describing the success of Japan’s car manufacturers. Lean is a management technique that

This, Womak and Jones’s fifth book, develops the ideas presented in their renowned titles such as “The Machine that Changed the World”, which popularised the

Ahis often-quoted book is devoted to investigating the characteristics of corporate market-leaders and what tactics are required for those aspiring to become market-leaders. The authors

A useful primer for less experienced practitioners, Value Stream Management describes a complete system that provides a clear path to Lean implementation, ensuring quick deployment

This book has the subtitle “A better way to make the work work”. It describes an way of improving performance of service-based organisations. Seddon’s approach

Another essential “cross-over” book, this time linking business process re-engineering and software development. The authors depict business processes in terms of Process Maps (“swimlane diagrams”)

This book gives real-world advice for practitioners who seek to introduce organisational change. Some techniques will be familiar to some readers but most will learn

Billed as a book for “visionaries, game changers and challengers”, this introduces a useful new modelling concept: the Business Model Canvas. It is billed as

This book is sub-titled “A Plain Guide to Business Process Management” and is aimed at senior non-technical managers within an organisation who are planning to

This is the original book by the creators of the Balanced Scorecard that shows how managers can mobilize their people to fulfill the company’s mission.

This month I’m looking at a 2006 book on a current hot-topic in business terms – Business Process Management (BPM). As there seem to be

The sub-title is “A guide for business process managers and BPM and Six-sigma professionals” gives a clue to the changes in the four years since

Assumption-based Planning (ABP) is the standard work in how to reduce the effect of unintended consequences when planning. Although the technique has its roots in

This is a well-written and enjoyable read on about a subject that has been sorely neglected – software project risk management. The authors provide a

Lean is a management methodology that seeks to maximise customer value by giving the customer the product or service they want in the most efficient

There are plenty of books around covering techniques for gathering requirements; however, these tend to be focussed on a particular development method, such as RUP

This book shows practitioners how to design more effective systems by soliciting, analyzing, and elaborating stories from end-users. There are contributions from leading opinion-makers who

by Ian Alexander and Lierka Beus-Dukic Ian Alexander’s latest requirements book is a pleasure to read. He and his co-author have succeeded in producing a