Customized Dummies Books
Hurwitz & Associates can write a "For Dummies" branded mini-book on various topics. The book will be custom published by Wiley Publishing. The Hurwitz team works with your staff to publish the most informative book on a particular subject. (examples: SOA For Dummies and IOD For Dummies. and Collaboration For Dummies)
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Book Review: Collaboration for Dummies
by Chris Miller at 08:26:00 AM on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
This book was actually commissioned by IBM to be written. Hurwitz & Associates do not mention any specific products in the book itself, just provide the basics needed for individuals and companies to understand collaboration. IBM did provide the subject matter experts to assist and the book itself is only 64 pages long.
Some of our IBM Lotus family are listed as contributors like Ed Brill, David Hsu, Don Neely, Brendan Crotty and more. There are six chapters from 'Rethinking Business Collaboration" all the way to the ending 'Ready, Set, Go!' The book follows the standard icons and flow of the other Dummies books and makes for an easy read. Chapter 2 digs into the meat of why you are reading the book and handles Collaboration 101, as one section is titled. The section on making the game plan around collaboration asks many of the basic questions that most mid-level managers that are finally exploring this area need to ask and doesn't go way over their head.
Overall, this book hits right where it was designed and keeps it short enough not to lose attention. It does not dig deep into what is the best product, nor does it answer questions it asks directly. Instead, it forces the reader to make assumptions and decisions to get the movement of collaboration in their own environment and encourages checking out all the possibilities before choosing what platform you wish to build on.