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Some thoughts on perfect application development

March 10, 2010

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John Reynolds had an interesting post a little while back where he shared some thoughts on Perfect development tools. His emphasis was on support for things like iterative and test-driven development but it seems to me that there is also a need to move application development beyond code.
While developers do need development environments [...]

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Time to register for Gartner BPM and my workshop

February 11, 2010

The Gartner Business Process Management Summit, March 22-24, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, promises to be great with some good keynotes, lots of Gartner analysts and plenty of sponsors. The early bird rate for the event ends this Monday – register by 5 p.m. EST February 15 and save $300. I [...]

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Speaking at CT Business Rules User Group 12/17/09

December 9, 2009

[ December 17, 2009; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] I am presenting on Decision Management – putting rules and analytics to work at the Connecticut Business Rules User Group on Thursday December 17th at 5:30. This event is open to the public and is free. Registration is required – email president@hartford.theiiba.org. The schedule is:

Doors open at 5:30PM for registration and networking
Meeting Intro: [...]

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Webinar: What is an enterprise rule repository and do I need one?

November 29, 2009

[ December 9, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Another webinar in the ongoing series this fall. There is growing consensus among business rule practitioners and thought leaders regarding the importance of the rule repository in developing a scalable, sustainable business rule management capability. This session will provide an overview of business rule repositories and identify the three “must have” capabilities for supporting [...]

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Webinar: Getting your first predictive model up and running

November 10, 2009

[ December 8, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Another webinar in the ongoing series this fall. Predictive models,  aka scorecards, have been extensively used across industries in driving tangible benefits – both to the top line and bottom line.  This session covers the critical success factors and an analytical framework that will help get you there.  Real-life examples will also be provided.

Anunay Gupta, [...]

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Webinar: Capture your complex business rules by asking pragmatic questions

October 23, 2009

[ November 17, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The sixth webinar in the series. Decisioning rules can come by the hundreds or thousands.  These rules often involve large number of criteria. How do you capture that many business rules with so many variations without going crazy?  This presentation outlines a pragmatic approach based on developing business questions to create complex decision tables.  These [...]

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SAS Premier Business Leadership Event

October 8, 2009

[ October 28, 2009 to October 29, 2009. ] I will be a guest at the SAS Premier Business Leadership Event in Las Vegas. I’m not speaking but if you are at the event and see me, say hi.

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Webinar: 10 lessons from implementing business rules management systems

September 29, 2009

[ November 11, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The fifth webinar in the series. What do you really need to know when you start implementing a business rules management system? What can go wrong and what must you watch carefully? In this webinar you will learn 10 hard-earned rules for successful adoption and implementation of business rules management systems.

Claye Greene is the Principal [...]

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Webinar: The Decision Model – Empowering Decision Management

September 24, 2009

[ October 21, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The fourth webinar in the series. In order to implement Decision Management effectively, we need to be able to identify and manage the business logic (i.e. the business rules) underlying business decisions. It soon becomes apparent that classical methods of gathering and managing business rules (i.e. by natural language) do not scale to support Decision [...]

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Decision Management Summit – early bird extended

September 22, 2009

I am the chair of the Summit and I am going to give …

A Keynote on Smarter Systems for Uncertain Times

A Tutorial on Maximizing the ROI of a Business Rules Investment with Decision Management

A Special Talk on Performance Management and Agility

The Early Bird rate for the Summit has been extended one extra week
PLUS there is [...]

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Webinar: Advanced decisioning for process excellence

September 22, 2009

[ October 8, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The third webinar in the series, this one is a reprise of a Power Breakfast I am giving at the Gartner BPM Summit 2009

Straight-through processing, advanced analytics, dynamic processes, business user control and business alignment — all are make or break issues for process excellence. But are these really process issues at all? This session [...]

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5 ways to reduce cost with predictive analytics

September 17, 2009

Earlier this week I attended a local Business Intelligence SIG to hear Eric Siegel speak.  This was essentially a preview of Eric’s keynote presentation at Predictive Analytics World next month on reducing costs with predictive analytics.
Eric is giving a webinar with me as part of the Decision Management Solutions webinar series – Optimizing Business Decisions [...]

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Webinar: Optimizing Business Decisions – How Best to Apply Predictive Analytics

September 17, 2009

[ September 30, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The second webinar in the series, this one on  optimizing business decisions with predictive analytics. Harnessing value with predictive analytics depends on some careful choices: What kind of customer behavior you predict and which operational decisions you automate with it. This webinar will guide you in making these choices, and cover a healthy dose of [...]

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Webinar: 5 core principles of Decision Management

September 15, 2009

[ September 23, 2009; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] I have just announced a new webinar series through my company, Decision Management Solutions. The first one is next week, an introduction to 5 core principles of Decision Management:

Little decisions add up
The purpose of information is to decide
You cannot afford to lock up your logic
No answer, no matter how good, is static
Decision Making is a [...]

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Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2009

September 14, 2009

[ October 5, 2009 to October 7, 2009. ] I am giving a breakfast presentation on Advanced Decisioning for Process Excellence at 7am October 6th at the Gartner BPM Summit. The show runs October 5-7, 2009 and I have also been invited to participate in some sessions around business rules, such as the analyst round table on Business Rule Management Roles and Responsibilities, with [...]

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Speaking at the Business Analytics Summit

August 3, 2009

[ November 12, 2009 to November 13, 2009. ] The Business Analytics Summit is in San Jose. I am moderating a panel on Predictive Analytics on the first day. Jean-Paul Isson, VP BI & Predictive Analytics for Monster Worldwide, and Gordon Linoff, Principal of Data-Miners Inc are already confirmed for the panel. Contact me for a $100 discount and register here.

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Speaking at Business Rules Forum

August 2, 2009

[ November 1, 2009 to November 5, 2009. ] The Business Rules Forum/Enterprise Decision Management Summit in Las Vegas offers the most complete set of talks on business rules as well as some great sessions on rules in the context of BPM, adding analytics and focusing on decisions. I am giving a keynote on smarter systems for uncertain times, chairing the decision management track [...]

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Speaking at Predictive Analytics World

August 1, 2009
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[ October 19, 2009 to October 21, 2009. ] I am speaking at Predictive Analytics World. On the 19th I am giving a tutorial on putting predictive analytics to work. This is a whole day tutorial with lots of practical content, plus you get a copy of my book. If you are just coming to the show you can catch a summary of this [...]

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