Michael Krigsman reports some 40 IT Failures caused by Software Bugs from the Software QA Test Resource Center.
What struck me immediately were the following

Many of these failures were the result of “software taking bad Decisions”.
It took a huge effort in some cases to rectify the total damage, to customers specifically
It requires a […]

Narayan Devanathan from Wipro has this short whitepaper on BRMS and Business Users. It is an interesting read on.
He draws this conclusion in his paper
Implementing a BPM/BRMS system is not merely an application change. It is a change in the way that an organization works.
While it is not as complex as a re-engineering exercise […]

In this post, I will attempt to cover the implementation landscape including actors and roles, technologies and skill sets. I will attempt to identify the typical challenges that might arise when using rule driven Decision Services in an SOA.
A little Background
Lets take the example of a Pricing Service in a Loan Process. A Pricing Service […]

This is the first of my 3 part series on real world SOA and rule driven decision services. I am going to essentially talk about the following items

What you need to know about a Decision Service ?
The implementation landscape including actors and roles, technologies and skill sets. What are the typical challenges that might arise […]

QuickRules.NET 3.1 Beta 1 is now officially Out!
The Product now has its own minisite with much more product information than before. The fun with web sites is that you can keep on updating them as frequently as you want and that is exactly what I expect to be doing.
The QuickRules.NET Product Mini-Site
http://www.yasutech.com/qrdn
Here are some quick […]

A perfectly valid question, and Karthik Hariharan asks this question and further discusses it here. Here is his argument in effect.
Development teams often have to write custom wrappers for their platform
Mapping English sentences to objects can often become a nightmare that requires a dedicated team of professionals whose sole purpose is to make sure […]

This is the final post in the Business Rules and the SDLC series.Earlier posts in this series

Business Rules and Software Requirements
Business Rules and Application Design
Introducing the Business Rules Development Cycle
Business Rules and Testing

I have to assert that the real value of adopting Business Rules Technology is realized in the maintenance phase of an application.
This by […]

This is the fourth post in the Business Rules and the SDLC series.I have covered the following till now.

Business Rules and Software Requirements
Business Rules and Application Design
Introducing the Business Rules Development Cycle

The Purpose of Business Rules Testing
Now, the purpose of testing business rules is two fold!
Goal No 1
Are my business rules written the way I […]

This is the second post in the Business Rules & the SDLC Series.I will try and explain how Business Rules Technologies will fit into the Application Design Process.
Design Goals & Business Rules
If you are designing a software system that will also automate Business Decisions, then what design goals should you be aiming for?
You should […]

This is the first post in the Business Rules and SDLC series. My purpose is to explain why Business Rules must not be treated as software requirements.
Introduction & Definition
So, what are what Software Requirements?.

Software Requirements provide a detailed description of what a software system should do.
Who owns such Requirements? Developers, of course
What will this description […]