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by Ronald G. Ross on May 6, 2013

As part of the April announcement of the new 4th edition of my book Business Rule Concepts: Getting to the Point of Knowledge, I’m pleased to make available some additional complementary (and complimentary!) downloads:
Decision Analysis – A Primer: How to Use DecisionSpeak™ and Question Charts (Q-Charts™) – 49pp
http://www.brsolutions.com/IPSpeakPrimers (free)
Decision Tables – A Primer: How [...]

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Use Agile for Areas Subject to Regulations?

by Ronald G. Ross on April 10, 2013

The Question: I asked for feedback on LinkedIn about using agile for target business problems focusing on an area subject to regulations, contract terms & conditions, agreement/deal provisions, business policies, etc. (Sound like your area?) The best reply I got back …
 
 
 
Guest Post by Sujatha Ramesh
Sr. Manager, Business Solutions at LearningMate
“In highly regulated environments, documented [...]

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Are Business Rules Good for Incremental Design? You Bet!

by Ronald G. Ross on October 17, 2012

You can find definitions and discussion of all terms in blue on Business Rules Community: http://www.brcommunity.com/BBSGlossary.pdf
From Building Business Solutions: Business Analysis with Business Rules, by Ronald G. Ross with Gladys S.W. Lam, An IIBA® Sponsored Handbook, Business Rule Solutions, LLC, October, 2011, 304 pp, http://www.brsolutions.com/bbs
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Discussion … 
First a definition to make sure we’re on [...]

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Business Rule Manifesto FAQs Added to BRCommunity.com

by Ronald G. Ross on October 12, 2012

I am pleased to announce that a comprehensive set of authoritative FAQs about the Business Rules Manifesto has been added to BRcommunity.com: http://www.brcommunity.com/brm.php
The Manifesto is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year – and remains as powerful and as vibrant to today’s business challenges as ever. I will be covering a good many of its insights [...]

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Business Model vs. System Model – Very, Very Different … Do You Get the Difference?!

by Ronald G. Ross on October 8, 2012

You can find definitions and discussion of all terms in blue on Business Rule Community: http://www.brcommunity.com/BBSGlossary.pdf
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business model:  a blueprint for a business capability based directly on real-world things and ideas strictly named and represented using words natural to business people
Discussion:  Even the words used for the building blocks of business models (e.g., the vocabulary [...]

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“Business Rules Are Too Unstructured to Stand Alone.” Au Contraire!!

by Ronald G. Ross on October 7, 2012

A Business Analyst recently said, “Business Rules themselves tend to be too unstructured to stand alone “. Au contraire! Well-expressed business rules are discrete, specific, and context-independent.
Think about laws, regulations, contracts, agreements, deals, policies, etc. as common sources for business rules. Business rules are interpretations that make those things practicable. Those things can certainly stand alone. [...]

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‘Rules of Record’ … Why ‘System of Record’ Isn’t Enough

by Ronald G. Ross on October 2, 2012

Business computing today is characterized by a tangled web of interfaces and data movement from system to system, from source to sink. Knowing the official ‘systems of record’ is basic for resolving discrepancies and demonstrating compliance.
But that’s merely a start. What your business really needs today is to know the rules of record. A focus [...]

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The End of Words?

by Ronald G. Ross on October 1, 2012

Will we ever stop needing words to write business rules? No.
So long as businesses sign written agreements, follow regulations, verbalize business policies, capture product/service know-how, write guidelines and instructions, etc., we will need words and RuleSpeak-like sentences[1]. Businesses will always need traceability to prove compliance, fidelity with business intent, and validity of reasoning, and [...]

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Business Rules and Enforcement: One of the ‘Must-Knows’ of Business Rules …

by Ronald G. Ross on June 25, 2012

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Business Rules Manifesto[1]
http://www.businessrulesgroup.org/brmanifesto.htm
FAQ #10
Question: How does the Manifesto view the issue of business rule enforcement?
Principle 4.6 of the Manifesto states …
Rules should be defined independently of responsibility for the who, where, when, or how of their enforcement.
Why? Separation of rule specification from enforcement concerns[2] ensures that …

The true business [...]

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Your Current Requirements Approach: A Very Big Question Mark

by Ronald G. Ross on June 12, 2012

Each business rule usually produces multiple flash points.  Don’t know what a flash point is? I think you should! See a brief explanation: http://goo.gl/pl9sT.
Why is this insight so important?  The two or more events where any given business rule needs to be evaluated are almost certain to occur within at least two, and possibly many, [...]

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