Now, this is a sequel to Speeding up your projects & defeating complexity with Business Rules, which was in response to The Business Rules approach
I was speaking to our Professional Services Manager here, and he gave me a thoughtful angle on this subject.
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Now, rules are pretty well organized intrinsically
Business Policies are never the […]

I have changed the name of my blog to Business Decisions in a Digital Enterprise from The Business Rules Blog.
This is an uncharacteristic post, as I am writing about blogging & not about business rules.
I have completed 3 months of blogging successfully. When I started off, my initial target was to be able to complete […]

Three Takes on Analytics

Phil’s Take : Process Analytics is more than a pretty graph
James’s Take : Process Analytics is more than Analyzing the Process
My Take : What you need is Business Rule Analytics

Now, lets see this. This was the problem statement
If I can predict that an account is at risk of going into collections,then I […]

VD has this nice writeup on what is a Business Rules Management System. It will serve as a first rate introduction to BRMS & business rules technology.
A good read!

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I was reading the Islands of Automation, a post in Minimal IT: Spend Less, Get More.
Pros for Islands of Automation from the Post

Identity and clear boundaries. Islands have names.
Clear role. Small islands have well-defined economies
Clearly defined communication. Movements in and out of the island are very controlled
Self-sufficiency. Island communities […]

I came across this post from this brand new blog on using the Business Rules aproach to defeat IT system complexity.
The post itself is a long and nice post documenting all the advantages of a BRMS that I have been talking about including visibility, ease of change. It is a good read!
But, there was this […]

Step 10 of 10 Steps towards the Agile Enterprise
Now, we have seen Policy Capture, decision automation, policy management & governance and Policy optimization (Business Rules Analytics) till now in this series.
I have argued that you need Business Rules technology because it gives you visibility into the system and helps the Enterprise take control of their […]

Step 9 of 10 Steps towards the Agile Enterprise
Till this point in our story, we have seen how to manage Decision automation, policy management, and transfer of Business Decision control & authority back to the business.
A Business is a business after all. The question that will be asked next is this !
We have our business […]

Step 8 of 10 Steps towards the Agile Enterprise
In Step 7, I discussed how an organization could promote collaboration and involve the business in Business Decision making handled by their systems.
The next logical step is then to evolve systems and working practices to manage, secure and govern access to your Business Rules.
Before we go […]

Step 7 of 10 Steps towards the Agile Enterprise
I introduced a Business Rules Management System in my last post.Now, to provide a definition of a Business Rules Management System,
A Business Rules Management System is a software technology that allows Enterprises to capture, create, test, deploy, and manage their Business Policies (Business Rules). A BRMS also […]