Résumé
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. It serves as a concise introduction and tutorial, presenting understandable explanations and practical techniques.
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.
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,TM 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
Numerous 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 the authoritative guide and an essential resource.
Contents
THE BUSINESS PROBLEM: WHY BUSINESS RULES? Readings for Business Professionals- What's This About Business Rules?: The Problem and the Fix in a Nutshell
- Areas of Opportunity: Changing the Face of Business
- Serving Up Knowledge: The Need to Know
- What About IT Projects?: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
- Organizing Basic Business Knowledge: What You Need to Know about Terms and Facts
- Exercising Control: What You Need to Know about Rules
- Doing Work: What You Need to Know about Processes
- Expressing Rules: The Dos and Don'ts
- Developing Rule Statements: The Basics of BRS RuleSpeak
- Functional Categories of Rules: The BRS Rule Classification Scheme
- Sentence Patterns for Rule Statements: The RuleSpeak Templates
- Expressing Business Logic Using Decision Tables: The RuleSpeak Approach
- More Principles of the Business Rule Approach: A New View of Business Logic
- More About Fact Models: Structuring the Basics Business Knowledge
- Three Perspectives on Business Rules: A Framework for Formal Discussion
- The Theoretical Foundation of Rules: About Formal Constraints
- Theoretical Foundation of Facts: About Predicates
- Higher-Order Rules: Pattern-R Rule Types
- 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
L'auteur - Ronald G. Ross
Ronald G. Ross is cofounder and principal of Business
Rule Solutions, LLC, a firm that provides workshops,
consulting services, and publications centered on business
analysis and rules. He codeveloped Proteus™
methodology, including the popular RuleSpeak™. He
also serves as executive editor of BRCommunity and is a
regular columnist for the internationally acclaimed
Business Rules Journal hosted there.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Addison Wesley |
| Auteur(s) | Ronald G. Ross |
| Parution | 20/02/2003 |
| Nb. de pages | 396 |
| Format | 18,7 x 23,4 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 613g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780201788938 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-201-78893-8 |
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