BOOK REVIEW:

Book Title: Profiles in Performance – Business Intelligence Journeys and the Roadmap for Change
Authors: Howard Dresner
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, USA
List Price: US$45.00 (hardcover)
Publication Date: October 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-40886-5
Reviewer: Murali Mummoorthi
Review Date: March 2010

Introduction to the Book

The author’s patent pending “Performance Culture Maturity Model” is an excellent innovative tool that is presented in the book. In depth case studies of four widely diverse companies provide invaluable insight for analysts, researchers and companies to self assess their position.

This book highlights the importance of performance culture over processes and technology in any organization. CIO’s may bring in newest technologies but without a performance directed culture to embrace the new tools, these technologies are of no use to the organization.

Overview of Book’s Structure

Structured like reading a novel, the book is easy to read and comprehend. The author begins by introducing performance directed culture and describes the “Performance Culture Maturity Model”. He then delves into four case studies of diverse companies, and lastly ties it all together to the “Performance Culture Maturity Model”…

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About the Reviewer: Murali Mummoorthi Murali Mummoorthi, an electronics engineer with an MBA from the University of Madras, India, He moved to the USA in the late 90’s. Murali worked at major corporations like Lucent Technologies, Tyco Electronics, EDS, and IBM as Managing Consultant in Business Intelligence / data warehousing projects. He is a UT Dallas alumni and completed the Masters program in Management in 2003. He is PMP certified and actively participates in PMI and APLN (Agile Project management) activities. Murali can be contacted at mummoorthi@yahoo.com.