Enterprise Decision Management - a Weblog

Live from EBRC - Production Rule Standards

Last session today at the EBRC was my pal Christian (from ILOG) talking about production rules - Production Rule Representation (PRR - no link yet but the BMI Domain Task Force is here) and Rule Interchange Format (RIF). Christian began...

Why business rules? A curious reader asks..

I got a comment yesterday from Alexander asking some pithy and pertinent questions about business rules. Here then are my answers (somewhat delayed due to a machine crash wiping out the first version of the post). Personally, I have nevery...

Gathering requirements, and rules

I saw this post on gathering requirements by Scott Sehlhorst today. Now I don't think requirements are the same as business rules (particularly given the nature of business rules is to change) and that one should keep them separate and...

Business rules standards - where are we now?

I thought I would include a short note for everyone as to the standards work around business rules. The absence of real standards in the business rules space has long been identified as an issue preventing broad adoption and, as...

The secret of business user rule maintenance

I saw this post on rule templates over on The Road Hits The Rubber and it made me think about business users and the promise that business rules makes of allowing business users to maintain business rules. But here's the...

Top 10 Excuses for not automating decisions

Over on my other blog I posted some notes on the top 10 excuses given for not adopting business rules and other decision automation technologies: 10. We tried before and never got any results 9. I would like to invest...

What do the analyst firms say about business rules?

There have been some posts around asking what coverage the leading analyst firms have of business rules. This has been picking up of late with Gartner, IDC and Forrester all doing some coverage. Here are some searches to help you...

How do I build a list of Business Rule Engine Selection Requirements?

One of the questions I get a lot is "how do I build a list of requirements" when selecting a business rules engine or business rules management system. These, it seems to me, fall into various categories: Rule Syntax -...

Why are business rules better than traditional code?

There are a number of advantages gained by expressing business logic in business rules and using the processing and management facilities included with a business rules management system to work with them. In brief summary: The separation of decision logic...

What is Rete III?

Rete III is the most advanced commercially-available inference engine, benchmarking more than 300% faster than its competitors, making it the ideal solution for organizations managing large, complex business rule sets, where high performance is critical. Benchmark programs test the ability...