In today's climate of breakneck business pace, enterprise computing

practitioners have to be results-oriented. This insightful new book lays out a

clear path to achieving solutions. It describes an innovative and powerful new

approach to envisioning, planning, designing, and building contemporary

business software system solutions, using best practices captured in the form of

Capability Cases. The authors help the reader align business strategy and

required results to successful technology implementations. They demonstrate

how to build a reliable "bridge" from the organization's business needs to

optimal technology solutions that assure the long term viability of the

enterprise, and maximize return on institutional investments. Capability Cases

are an innovative spin on the proven practices of use cases and design patterns,

and this book is the first to show you how to make them work for your

organization.