October 2007 Archives

Don't change the package, make it smarter

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By James Taylor on October 31, 2007 5:04 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
I saw this post from Steve Jones on Change the business not the package and he made the very valid point that even if you are buying your packaged software in the form of services - a service-oriented package if you... Read More..
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Policies, procedures, policies and rules - a point of view

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By James Taylor on October 30, 2007 9:48 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Sandy had a great post this week - Policies, procedures, processes and rules - where she discusses some of the very real challenges in managing new ways of documenting our businesses. If we use business rules and process maps to say... Read More..
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Business Rules Forum - a summary

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By James Taylor on October 30, 2007 9:08 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
I really enjoyed the Business Rules Forum this year, not least because I got to meet Sandy Kemsley and Scott Sehlhorst (fellow bloggers) in person for the first time. Here are my posts A framework for selecting business rules platforms... Read More..
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At the business rules forum this week

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By James Taylor on October 22, 2007 7:56 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
I am attending the Business Rules Forum this week and blogging from sessions as I go. Check out my blog on jtonedm.com for live updates. I'll post a summary here when I get back.... Read More..
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Aligning software development with the business

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By James Taylor on October 18, 2007 11:00 AM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
I have been thinking about this for a while, ever since I saw Wayne Allen's post on the same topic. I increasingly find myself thinking that the only real way to do this is to focus on the processes and... Read More..
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But DOES your process differentiate, really?

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By James Taylor on October 17, 2007 8:56 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Phil Ayres had a great post today - BPM or ERP - Stand out from the crowd, in which he discusses the value of case management and its ability to help you differentiate. For instance, he asks the question "Does... Read More..
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What's the difference between requirements and Requirements?

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By James Taylor on October 15, 2007 10:01 AM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
Roeland posted a response (Requirements vs Process and Rules) to my recent post that made me realize how important capitalization can be! Roeland points out that the process definition you need and the decisions and rules you need are all... Read More..
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Yes decision systems can improve decision-making

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By James Taylor on October 11, 2007 5:30 PM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
Over on the decision strategist there was an interesting post - Can Decision Systems Help Us Make Better Decisions? This was a thoughtful and interesting response but I am still going to have to disagree with a couple of points.... Read More..
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Requirements, business process and business rules

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By James Taylor on October 10, 2007 10:41 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Roeland had an interesting post this week on the need for a new approach to requirements and BPM's role in that. He outlined the three classic causes of problems with projects (Lack of User Input, Incomplete Requirements & Specifications, Changing... Read More..
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More on process and rule coupling

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By James Taylor on October 9, 2007 11:23 AM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
Jesper wrote some follow-on questions to my response to his post about Sandy's post. For some reason I can't comment on his blog - the site won't let me login and keeps saying there's an error - so I thought... Read More..
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Woz on decision management (not really)

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By James Taylor on October 5, 2007 11:22 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Mitch Betts pointed me to an interesting Babson piece - Creating Great Products with Apple's Steve Wozniak, Inventor of the Personal Computer. One particular answer Woz gave caught my eye: Wozniak: I think design and development should always be done... Read More..
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Reducing maintenance with business rules

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By James Taylor on October 4, 2007 9:06 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
I saw this post on Rajgo's blog - Five reasons to use Business Rules to Reduce Maintenance. He discusses a piece by Jeroen on code maintainability that has four key attributes. While the post made most of the key points... Read More..
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Business users can (and should) maintain rules

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By James Taylor on October 3, 2007 8:30 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Thanks to my friends at Yasu I just came across an interesting piece by Narayan Devanathan of Wipro for ITtoolbox - BRMS and Business Users. One of the things the paper does not discuss is how to tell that it... Read More..
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Why you SHOULD loosely couple processes and rules

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By James Taylor on October 1, 2007 8:13 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
I saw this post last week by Jesper Joergensen - Can business processes and business rules be too loosely coupled? - in which he discusses one of Sandy's posts from the Forrester conference - Forrester Day 2: The three B’s.... Read More..
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