business rules management system

I got an update on Red Hat JBoss BRMS recently. I last wrote about them with release 5.2 back in 2011 and JBoss BRMS 5.3 is the current release and includes their support for business rules, business process and event processing (based on the Drools and jBPM open source community projects) with a repository, runtime [...]

I have been blogging and writing about the Decision Model and Notation standard on the blog for a while now (check out these posts on the goal of a standard from 2011 and these on the approach and the submission itself). Today was a big day because the key boards at the Object Management Group approved our submission, [...]

I recently spoke at the DREAM event in the Netherlands  – the Dutch Requirements Engineering and Management event. This was a great event, focused on requirements engineering and I spoke on “Simpler, smarter and more agile: Modeling decision requirements to simplify processes and effectively apply business rules.” Here’s the gist of the presentation Business rules are [...]

Since 2012 we have published a comprehensive report on the software technologies and products available to build Decision Management Systems – the Decision Management Systems Platform Technologies Report. Tested and established in many industries, these technologies include Business Rules Management Systems, data mining or Predictive Analytic Workbenches and Optimization suites as well as new in-database [...]

Well all our hard work has paid off and we submitted a proposed standard to the Object Management Group on Decision Model and Notation. This standard is intended to provide a standard business-friendly notation that can be used for initial decision requirements, for detailed decision models, and even to manage technical implementation of decisions in [...]

I am giving a webinar with Ryan Trollip of Prolifics on August 28 at 11am Eastern on “The Future of Business Agility, Process & Decision Management” Any organization that has successfully implemented some level of BPM can point to its many benefits, such as improved operational consistency and agility through automation. However, some BPM users [...]

Regular readers of my blog (as well as those who hear me speak and our Decision Management clients) know that I talk alot about automating decisions. Really, a lot. The evidence that taking control of decisions, specifically operational decisions, and developing Decision Management Systems to automate and manage those decisions drives improved organizational effectiveness is [...]

On September 9-10, 2013 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands I am giving a class on Decision Modeling for Business Rules Projects. Decision modeling is fast becoming the definitive approach for specifying requirements for business rules projects. Decision modeling makes it easier to get the requirements right, easier to draw the automation boundaries, easier to re-use, evolve and [...]

I last got briefed by Sparkling Logic back in August 2012 and I got an update on their new Kyoto release. The new release has a big focus on the user interface and on making the information in the system more accessible. First off SMARTS now immediately shows information about new features including links to [...]

A new week and a new white paper. This week’s it’s focused on the ROI of SAP’s ABAP Business Rules Management System, SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management: The business case for SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management is clear—increased business value, decreased development and maintenance costs, and faster reaction to changing business needs. When business owners [...]

The third and final post in my series on the impact of Big Data on Decision Management Systems: The impact of Velocity. As more data arrives more quickly we have to deal with velocity in two ways – we have to decide more quickly and we have to deal with data “in motion” – streaming [...]

My colleague Gagan Saxena is giving the first of our new 30 minute webinars on Designing Smart Portals with Decision Management, July 11th 9am Pacific. How to design intuitive, relevant and personalized Portals using the power of Big Data, Analytics and Business Rules. Traditional Portals are geared towards presenting the best Information for users to make [...]

Someone pointed out an old post of mine recently and, as they said it was particularly useful to them, I thought I would re-post it: Scott Cleveland had an interesting post this week on the single greatest benefit of BPM that included the information that 17% thought it was “Change business rules and processes without impacting underlying [...]

I am giving a tutorial at Building Business Capability 2013 on Modeling Decisions to Put Big Data Analytics to Work Improving Business Results on Tuesday November 12 at 9:00am Pacific As organizations invest in Big Data infrastructure they are looking for ways to show a return on this investment. They need an approach that will turn insights [...]

I am presenting at Building Business Capability 2013 on Lessons Learned Modeling Decisions in Aerospace, Banking, Insurance and Healthcare on Thursday November 14 at 2:10pm Pacific Companies across a broad range of industries are applying business rule and analytic technology to improve the way their systems make day to day decisions. Knowing where to start, how to [...]

My old friend David Raab just published a new white paper The Customer Data Platform: A new foundation for customer management (download for free with registration from ReachForce). In this paper David reiterates the power of marketing automation with some great stats on how much better companies that apply marketing automation perform when it comes to [...]

I got an update from Exigen Services recently on their OpenL Tablets business rules product. Exigen Services is a global IT company focused on core systems transformations and management consulting. They have 10 delivery centers around the world and about 1,500 professionals.  They work in most industries with a focus on insurance, financial services, pharma, [...]

In conjunction with ASUG, the SAP user group,  I am giving a members only webinar on Managing and Evolving Decisions with DecisionsFirst Modeler and SAP Netweaver Decision Service Management, July 11 at 8am PT/11am ET. I am speaking with Carsten Ziegler, Architect and Chief Product Owner of SAP Netweaver Decision Service Management. Decision requirements models allow business analyst, [...]

A new week and another new white paper. This week it is The Decisions at the Heart of Your Process How Decision Management simplifies business processes and improves results Companies applying Business Process Management can create simpler and more agile processes, and more flexible business applications, by externalizing decisions and applying business rules to effectively manage those [...]