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Is your legacy modernization program just "forward to the 70s"?

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By James Taylor on February 2, 2010 8:03 PM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
Phil Murphey, over at Forrester, had a post on  Apps Modernization - What are Your Top Priorities in 2010/11? that reminded me I wanted to write about modernization a little before the year got too far advanced. As Phil... Read More..
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A decision-centric platform supports collaboration

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By James Taylor on January 29, 2010 10:40 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This week I am discussing the characteristics of a decision-centric platform. Finally the platform must allow effective collaboration between all the various groups involved in decision making. The IT department that runs the operational systems, the business people who make... Read More..
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A decision-centric platform delivers traceability

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By James Taylor on January 28, 2010 10:39 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This week I am discussing the characteristics of a decision-centric platform. Because compliance is essential in decision making, the traceability of decisions and decision making logic to the organization's objectives, regulations and policies is essential. Business users changing decision... Read More..
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A decision-centric platform integrates case management

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By James Taylor on January 27, 2010 10:38 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This week I am discussing the characteristics of a decision-centric platform. Not only must the platform support complex and potentially long-running cases, it must do so in a decision- and automation-centric way. It is not enough for the platform to... Read More..
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A decision-centric platform supports automation

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By James Taylor on January 26, 2010 10:37 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This week I am discussing the characteristics of a decision-centric platform. Decision-centric organizations try to automate decisions where possible so any platform must allow the automation of decisions. Plugging decisions into high throughput, rapid response, transactional systems must be possible... Read More..
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A decision-centric platform focuses on decisions

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By James Taylor on January 25, 2010 10:36 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This week I am discussing the characteristics of a decision-centric platform.First and foremost a suitable platform must focus on decisions. It must support the definition of the decisions involved in running a business separate from the processes and functions that... Read More..
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Other characteristics of decision-centric organizations

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By James Taylor on January 21, 2010 10:31 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Decision-centric organizations also focus on automating, not just supporting, decisions. They use this focus to develop simpler, standard processes and to become more event-driven. With decisions at the forefront, organizations need to change their thinking about automation. Instead of regarding... Read More..
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Decision-centric organizations focus on decisions

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By James Taylor on January 20, 2010 10:23 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
The first critical characteristic of a decision-centric organization, obviously enough, is a focus on decisions instead of processes or functions. The decisions an organization makes, the actions it selects from the possible alternatives are critical. Decisions are what make... Read More..
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The decision-centric organization

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By James Taylor on January 19, 2010 10:21 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This week I thought I would write about decision-centric organizations. Organizations face many challenges in today's business climate. Organizations whose success or failure is determined by the decisions they make (which claims to pay, which customers to target, which transactions... Read More..
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Some decisioning and analytic white papers

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By James Taylor on January 14, 2010 8:44 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
First post in 2010 - sorry for the long pause, hope you all had a lovely break. Just a quick post today to let you know that I have a couple of new white papers up on the site -... Read More..
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