I liked this book:
1. It tries to avoid the sledgehammer approach which I come across time and time again - which is that CRM = Massive Re-engineering project across your entire organisation.
2. It looks at the important areas of CRM, and I believe allows you to prioritise the important areas for your firm. Of course it would be nice to have the luxury of creating seamless customer touchpoints across all departments - but lets fix the email management problem first.
3. It acknowledges the role of SFA - many CRM writings don't even mention this important part of organisation. I've been astonished how in some organisations the Sales Director is not really a key player in the CRM project.
4. It gives a good precis of the software on the market today.
Cons: - horizontal focus: therefore naturally doesnt go into too much detail about specific uses of CRM in a vertical sector - focuses on vendors technology strategy (which is good) but not their route to market strategy and its impact on the product offering, eg, is Siebel eFinance really different to the normal product? - not enough on call centre solutions architecture for me
Written in an informal, chatty style which makes it very good to read.
rgds