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The Business Rule Approach represents a major paradigm shift in business-system
design and development. Employing a business-driven approach, the use of business
rules has been proven to enhance the effectiveness, flexibility, and efficiency
of business systems. The technology is appropriate for any kind of organization,
and is especially well suited for development in the rapidly expanding Web services
industry.
Written by the world's leading expert in business rules theory and technology,
Principles of the Business Rule Approach is appropriate for business
and technical professionals, as well as academics.
This book explores the rationale behind business rules, as well as the many
opportunities presented by this innovative new approach. It explains key business-rule
concepts and offers experience-based best practices for expressing business
rules. In addition, the book looks at the role of business rules within the
context of a wider trend towards model-based development and offers an accessible
introduction to the underlying theory of business rules and notation. It also
serves as a concise introduction and tutorial, with explanations and practical
techniques.
Topics covered include
- How the Business Rule Approach is changing the face of business and opening
new areas of opportunity
- The direct impact of business rules on IT projects
- Organizing basic business knowledge
- Understanding business structure and processes
- Working successfully with BRS RuleSpeak®, including rule categories
and sentence patterns for rule statements
- Expressing business logic using decision tables
- An in-depth look at fact models
- Theoretical foundations, including formal constraints and predicates
The book's appendixes address specific topics in business rule technology,
such as the Pattern-R approach and notation, evaluating the truth value of a
rule, IF...THEN syntax, and more.
Knowledge of the emerging Business Rule Approach is critical for all who are
at the leading edge of business system development. Principles of the
Business Rule Approach is an authoritative guide and an essential resource.
Table of Contents
Preface.
I. THE BUSINESS PROBLEM: WHY BUSINESS RULES?
Readings for Business Professionals.
1. What's This About Business Rules?
The Problem and the Fix in a Nutshell.
2. Areas of Opportunity.
Changing the Face of Business.
3. Serving Up Knowledge.
The Need to Know.
4. What About IT Projects?
Where the Rubber Meets the Road.
II. BUSINESS RULE CONCEPTS.
The Mechanics of Business Systems.
5. Organizing Basic Business Knowledge.
What You Need to Know About Terms and Facts.
6. Exercising Control.
What You Need to Know About Rules.
7. Doing Work.
What You Need to Know About Processes.
III. BEST PRACTICES FOR EXPRESSING RULES.
BRS RuleSpeak.
8. Expressing Rules.
The Do's and Don'ts.
9. Developing Rule Statements.
The Basics of BRS RuleSpeak.
10. Functional Categories of Rules.
The BRS Rule Classification Scheme.
11. Sentence Patterns for Rule Statements.
The BRS RuleSpeak Templates.
12. Expressing Business Logic Using Decision Tables.
The BRS RuleSpeak Approach.
IV. WHAT IS THE BUSINESS RULE APPROACH?
Readings for IT Professionals.
13. More Principles of the Business Rule Approach.
What IT Professionals Need to Know.
14. More About Fact Models.
What IT Professionals Need to Know.
V. A THEORY OF BUSINESS RULES.
A Tutorial on the Formal Basis for Business Rules and Business Rule
15. Three Perspectives on Business Rules.
A Framework for Formal Discussion.
16. Theoretical Foundation of Rules.
About Formal Constraints.
17. Theoretical Foundation of Facts.
About Predicates.
18. Higher-Order Rules.
Pattern-R Rule Types.
APPENDIXES.
Appendix A: Evaluating the Truth Value of a Rule.
Appendix B: Terms in the Technical Designer's View.
Appendix C: The Fundamental Kinds of Rules.
Appendix D: About the “IF…THEN…” Syntax.
Appendix E: Halpin's Definitions for Fact and Related Terms.
Appendix F: Semantics in the Relational Approach.
Appendix G: What Basic Operators Can and Cannot be Used for Higher-order Rule
Types.
Appendix H: Formalization of the Pattern-R Approach.
Appendix I: What Does Declarative Mean? Approach.
Appendix J: The “Mary” Inferencing Example Step-by-Step.
Appendix K: More on R-Notation for Facts Approach.
Appendix L: Special Built-In Fact Types in R-Notation.
Glossary.
Index
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