This is my final post in this series.In part 1, I introduced Decision Services, in part 2, I talked about the challenges in implementing Decision Services.
In this post, I will attempt to come up with a set of capabilities that you need to aim to have when using rule driven Decision Services
The SOA Life Cycle
Before […]

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 […]

I was writing about Loan Processes, Service Orientation and Business Rules yesterday, when I remembered the write-up on the MSDN Architecture Site on an Architecture for a Loan Origination System.
This article explains in some detail about Loan Origination Systems, and explains how you can use the MS Technologies stack to implement a solution. Please read […]

I have found myself explaining Service Orientation to members in YASU these last few days, and it seemed to be a perfect opportunity to get back into my blogging ways once again.
Here is a simplified version of a Loan Process. I’ll use this to talk about Service Orientation , and where a Business Rules driven […]

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 […]

Many authors believe and write about how Business Decisions are just Diamonds in a Process Model. I have made that mistake myself in the past.
But are your Business Decisions just diamonds in your process flow?
Just because some BPM tools make you believe it is, would you settle for something that obviously is not the case.
Are […]

George Van Antwert writes about thinking of BPM as Topware.
And he differentiates between an application that embeds a workflow like an HR Performance Appraisal System, and a system that ties together multiple, potentially disparate systems into one larger deprtment wide or company wide business process(The TopWare).
So, the Topware essentially sits on top of your existing […]

Its been more than a month since I wrote anything on this blog. But, most of this time has been spent working on the new release, QuickRules.NET 3.1.
The website is getting updated now, and should be ready by tomorrow I guess. But here are some screenshots and notes about what is coming in.
The driving theme […]