Putting the Business Back in 'Business Rules' (and keeping it there) Part 1

An enterprise pursues its mission by the formulation of policy, and these policies are implemented by rules that permeate the business. But where are these rules kept, and how do they relate to the policies that supposedly gave them birth? Typically they are buried in documents, peoples minds, policy manuals, and most frequently in business system software code. And not only is their existence forgotten – but there very purpose lies buried under strata of system changes and evolutions.

Not only is this syndrome the reason for the lack of consonance between business purpose and IT direction, it is also one of the key reasons that IT projects fail to deliver on their business promise, and often fail to even complete.

In this brief, one hour session participants will learn about the best practices in separating business rules and tracing them from their source to their implementation – in a clear and practical way that is universal for business and IT projects.

The webinar will demonstrate tools to determine the right level of sophistication to aim for in implementing a Business Rules approach in a particular project, and will also demonstrate the methodology and software tools to use at particular levels of that approach including a Business Rules Management System that provides separation and traceability of natural language rules.

Featured Speakers

Barbara Von Halle - Founder, Knowledge Partners, Inc.Barbara von Halle is the founder of Knowledge Partners, Inc., a company leading clients through successful business rule projects through the licensing of KPI STEP™, a Business Rule Management Took Kit. A pioneer in Business Rules, Barb received the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award from the International Data Management Association. As a journalist, she wrote for Database Programming and Design Magazine and co-authored several books. Her most recent book, Business Rules Applied (co-authored with a KPI business rule team) was an unexpected finalist for the Software Development Jolt Award.

Larry Goldberg, Managing Partner, Knowledge Partners, Inc.Larry has over thirty years of experience in building technology based companies, in which the focus was rules-based technologies and applications. Prior to joining KPI as Managing Partner, he was Senior Vice President of Sapiens Americas, Inc., which he joined when he sold his company, PowerFlex Software Systems, Inc to Sapiens.