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Balancing Act ›

Part 7. The Plan

Balancing Act Table of Contents

Front Matter

Table of Contents
Dedication and Copyright
Preface

Part 1: The Pearl

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Problem
Chapter 3: The Solution

Part 2: The Professor

Chapter 4: Computers
Chapter 5: Accounting
Chapter 6: Business Events
Chapter 7: Resources and Agents
Chapter 8: REAL Analysis Method
Chapter 9: The Ivory Tower

Part 3: The Partner

Chapter 10: Reality
Chapter 11: Consulting
Chapter 12: Types of Computers and Processes
Chapter 13: Business System Architecture
Chapter 14: Reporting
Chapter 15: Operational Versus Informational
Chapter 16: Data Warehousing
Chapter 17: Programming Tools
Chapter 18: Input/Output
Chapter 19: Select, Sort, Summarize
Chapter 20: Parallelism and Platform
Chapter 21: ERP Reporting
Chapter 22: Order of Operations

Part 4: The Projects

Chapter 23: Development
Chapter 24: Skyscrapers
Chapter 25: Find the Event File
Chapter 26: Balance the Event File
Chapter 27: Find More Detailed Events
Chapter 28: Define Reference Data
Chapter 29: Iteratively View Results
Chapter 30: Assess Reporting Needs
Chapter 31: Estimate the Data Basis
Chapter 32: Define Summary Structures
Chapter 33: Define Processes
Chapter 34: Consider Complex Joins
Chapter 35: Model the Repository
Chapter 36: Optimize For Performance
Chapter 37: Maintain Focus

Part 5: The Programmer

Chapter 38: Abends
Chapter 39: The Copy Only View
Chapter 40: Extract Only View
Chapter 41: Look-ups
Chapter 42: Reference File Phase
Chapter 43: Extract Files
Chapter 44: Sort
Chapter 45: Sort User Exits
Chapter 46: Format Phase
Chapter 47: "Look At It Go"
Chapter 48: Multi-Threading
Chapter 49: Control and Contention
Chapter 50: Piping, Tokens, and the Write Verb
Chapter 51: Exits
Chapter 52: Common Key Data Buffering
Chapter 53: Spin-offs
Chapter 54: Crisis

Part 6: The Platform

Chapter 55: Transition
Chapter 56: Walkabout
Chapter 57: The General Ledger
Chapter 58: The Arrangement Ledger
Chapter 59: Accounting Rules
Chapter 60: Reclassification
Chapter 61: Support Processes
Chapter 62: Calculation Engines and Reporting
Chapter 63: Go Live

Part 7: The Plan

Chapter 64: Promotion
Chapter 65: Start with Finance
Chapter 66: Expand to Risk
Chapter 67: Beyond Finance and Risk
Chapter 68: Partnership

Part 8: Appendices

Appendix 1: Accounting Model
Appendix 2: Event Driven Business Modeling

Back Matter

Acknowledgements
Selected Bibliography
About the Mentors
About the Author

📖 Table of Contents

Front Matter

Table of Contents
Dedication and Copyright
Preface

Part 1: The Pearl

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Problem
Chapter 3: The Solution

Part 2: The Professor

Chapter 4: Computers
Chapter 5: Accounting
Chapter 6: Business Events
Chapter 7: Resources and Agents
Chapter 8: REAL Analysis Method
Chapter 9: The Ivory Tower

Part 3: The Partner

Chapter 10: Reality
Chapter 11: Consulting
Chapter 12: Types of Computers and Processes
Chapter 13: Business System Architecture
Chapter 14: Reporting
Chapter 15: Operational Versus Informational
Chapter 16: Data Warehousing
Chapter 17: Programming Tools
Chapter 18: Input/Output
Chapter 19: Select, Sort, Summarize
Chapter 20: Parallelism and Platform
Chapter 21: ERP Reporting
Chapter 22: Order of Operations

Part 4: The Projects

Chapter 23: Development
Chapter 24: Skyscrapers
Chapter 25: Find the Event File
Chapter 26: Balance the Event File
Chapter 27: Find More Detailed Events
Chapter 28: Define Reference Data
Chapter 29: Iteratively View Results
Chapter 30: Assess Reporting Needs
Chapter 31: Estimate the Data Basis
Chapter 32: Define Summary Structures
Chapter 33: Define Processes
Chapter 34: Consider Complex Joins
Chapter 35: Model the Repository
Chapter 36: Optimize For Performance
Chapter 37: Maintain Focus

Part 5: The Programmer

Chapter 38: Abends
Chapter 39: The Copy Only View
Chapter 40: Extract Only View
Chapter 41: Look-ups
Chapter 42: Reference File Phase
Chapter 43: Extract Files
Chapter 44: Sort
Chapter 45: Sort User Exits
Chapter 46: Format Phase
Chapter 47: "Look At It Go"
Chapter 48: Multi-Threading
Chapter 49: Control and Contention
Chapter 50: Piping, Tokens, and the Write Verb
Chapter 51: Exits
Chapter 52: Common Key Data Buffering
Chapter 53: Spin-offs
Chapter 54: Crisis

Part 6: The Platform

Chapter 55: Transition
Chapter 56: Walkabout
Chapter 57: The General Ledger
Chapter 58: The Arrangement Ledger
Chapter 59: Accounting Rules
Chapter 60: Reclassification
Chapter 61: Support Processes
Chapter 62: Calculation Engines and Reporting
Chapter 63: Go Live

Part 7: The Plan

Chapter 64: Promotion
Chapter 65: Start with Finance
Chapter 66: Expand to Risk
Chapter 67: Beyond Finance and Risk
Chapter 68: Partnership

Part 8: Appendices

Appendix 1: Accounting Model
Appendix 2: Event Driven Business Modeling

Back Matter

Acknowledgements
Selected Bibliography
About the Mentors
About the Author

Chapter 64. Promotion
Chapter 65. Start with Finance
Chapter 66. Expand to Risk
Chapter 67. Beyond Finance and Risk
Chapter 68. Partnership

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Previous: Chapter 63. Go Live

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