The Great Transition

by James Martin

Book Overview

This guide explains how to combine the forces of information technology, culture and strategies, to create an enterprise which constantly evolves, adapts to fast-changing demands, and continually... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814403158
• ISBN13: 9780814403150
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

This books really makes you undertand the concepts in their

Just Amazing, every busines student should read it

An important book; not Martin's Best, but essential reading

There is one quote in this book which alone makes it worth the price of purchase: "Most systems being developed today are the wrong systems." The book essentially explains why this is true and what to do about it. Anyone building enterprise systems needs to understand this concept and reckon with it. Ignore it at your own risk. While the book is not fun to read because it does not take this ball and run with it clearly and forcefully starting at the beginning and proceeding to the end, it illuminates the subject in important ways -- vital ways. Martin's mind operates at a higher speed and in different ways from the minds of most people ... and he is usually right. I'd be suspect of anyone claiming the capability to build systems today who does not understand the issues and concepts in this book. Buy it and read it, then read it again.