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.
Presenter Bio
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).
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