August 2005
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
10h 29m
English
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When I started on this book, I wondered what it would take it to finish it. Could I master the subject matter and write it the O’Reilly way? Could I, already maxed out on time with a busy day job and family life, work vigorously, keep the pace, and finish on schedule? Well, I made it, and as it turns out, I had help. Though I can’t part with the image of a solitary me sitting night-after-night by laptop at kitchen table, when I think it through, I have to admit that this book would have been doomed without the help of my family, my reviewers, and my editors.
Family comes first, in more ways than one. This book is dedicated to you, Paola, for supporting and inspiring me! And to our beautiful children, Napoleon, Nina, Mason, and Ireland: when you get older please study BPM and quote me in your theses. To my mother Maureen, dear departed father Frank and brother Tim, brothers Mark and John, and sisters Liza and Susan: thank you for your cheerleading, and I do admit that this book is proof of Dr. Spock’s methods.
My reviewers were drawn from a wish list that editor Andrew Odewahn asked me to put together. I chose heroes of the field. That we were actually able to get some of these guys delights me immensely. Thanks to Wil van der Aalst (larger-than-life BPM academic and patterns visionary), Nick Kavantzas (WS-CDL lead author and Oracle web services architect), and David Frankel (BPTrends editor and author of a key MDA book) for their constructive criticism. I also had ...
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