Using Business Decision Management to Revolutionize Business Requirements and Processes

Date:	May 12, 2011	Hosted by:
Time:	2:00PM-5:00PM
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Workshop Description:

The Decision Model is a new Business Logic Framework that impacts not just technology trends but also business management practices.

It brings to the world of business rules a well-defined structure based on the inherent nature of logic, extended with integrity and normalization principles. This is similar to the concept to what the relational model brings to the world of data.

Keynote speaker Ken Orr, President of The Ken Orr Institute will start the workshop with his presentation: “The Decision Model and its Impact on Enterprise Architecture” followed by Barbara von Halle’s introduction to The Decision Model and its latest advances.
This is followed by a demonstration of Sapiens DECISION, a new enterprise-grade Business Decision Management System (BDMS) that incorporates all aspect of The Decision Model.

Agenda:

2:00pm-2:15pm	Introductions
2:15pm-3:00pm	Keynote: The Decision Model and its Impact on Enterprise Architecture
3:00pm-4:15pm	The Decision Model – An Introduction and Recent Advances
4:15pm-4:30pm	Break
4:30pm-5:00pm	Introduction to Sapiens and Sapiens DECISION - Business Decision Management  System

Course Objectives:

• Gain a sound understanding of The Decision Model and its impact on Business
• Understand how The Decision Model can facilitate Functional Requirements
• Explanation of the difference between Business Rules Management and Business Decision Management

Unique Value of Course:

• Explore how Decision Modeling can transform your enterprise
• Learn to accelerate and perfect your Functional Requirements
• Find out how to improve Data Quality
• Study an actual case where The Decision Model Framework was successfully applied
• Interact with industry experts and practitioners

Presenters:

	Barbara von Halle, Co-author and Co-inventor of The Decision Model and Managing Partner, Knowledge Partners International Barbara von Halle is founder and a managing partner of Knowledge Partners, International LLC (KPI). She, together with Larry, is the co-developer of the Decision Model, and co-author of The Decision Model: A Business Logic Framework Linking Business and Technology. Barb is well known for pioneering in Business Rules through writings and consulting work, as early as the 1980s. In 1996, she was inducted into the Data Management Hall of Fame when she received the honored Outstanding Individual Achievement Award from the International Data Management Association. Barb co-edited the book, The Business Rule Revolution , as an anthology of business rule success stories.  Previously, she published the book, Business Rules Applied (John Wiley & Sons) which readers and judges selected as a finalist for the 2002 Software Development Jolt Award.  It continues to be a best-selling BR methodology reference book.   She was the original co-founder of the Business Rules Forum and an original member of the industry-wide Business Rule Group.Barb joins Larry Goldberg, her business partner at KPI, in writing the monthly Business Decision Management column in www.TDAN.com and in www.ModernAnalyst.com (from October 2009).
	Ken Orr, Founder & Chief Scientist, The Ken Orr Institute Ken Orr is one of the world's leading business systems and software consultants. Ken has been a leading figure in software/systems development since the 1970s. Ken Orr is an internationally recognized expert on enterprise architecture, data warehousing, knowledge management, software engineering, business process reengineering, and technology transfer.  Ken is the Founder and Principal Researcher of The Ken Orr Institute, a business technology research organization. Mr. Orr is a Fellow of the Cutter Business/Technology Trends Council. Previously, Mr. Orr was an Affiliate Professor and Director of the Center for the Innovative Application of Technology with the School of Technology and Information Management at Washington University (St. Louis).  Mr. Orr has extensive experience in research, analysis, design, project management, technology planning and management consulting.  His clients have included such organizations as the States of California, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, and Washington, The City of Chicago, The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, FAA, IBM, DEC, Detroit Edison, Xerox, Olivetti (Italy), Pacific, Philip Morris, AT&T, Burlington-Santa Fe Railroad, Kellwood Corporation, Phoenix International (Canada) and many others.
	Tomer Srulevich, VP Professional Services and Business Development, Americas at Sapiens Tomer Srulevich joined Sapiens as VP Professional Services and Business Development for the Americas in October 2009. Prior to Sapiens, from 2004 till 2009, Mr. Srulevich served as Director of Business Development and Partnerships at SeaPass Solutions, an insurance software development company. Prior to that, Mr. Srulevich led the execution of large scale software projects for major US carriers. Mr. Srulevich has more than ten years of leadership experience in roles of accounts management, project management, and product analysis. Mr. Srulevich has a B.A degree in Computer Science from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzelia.