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What is an Enterprise Business Rule Repository?Do I Need One?

Dan ChaputDirector, Professional Services

Rich SouthwellBusiness Development Manager

Do I Need One?

Lee LambertManaging Partner

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The Business Rules Landscape

The Enterprise Business Rule Repository

Calculating the ROI

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Summary – Answering the Questions

Questions and Discussion


Factors that determine complexity

Scope From Project to Enterprise

Approach From Tactical to Strategic


From Tactical to Strategic

Focus From Business Rules to Business Decisions

Deployment From Systems to Services


Factors that modify the complexity

Timing When do you need to begin analysis

Drivers Business / IT


Business / IT

Buy in Business / IT / Executive

Silo Factor Sometimes we need to live with it

Culture and Personalities Is anything ever easy?

Rules Management – a simpler approach

Rule Sources

Legacy System Code

Rule Storage, Management & Analysis

Business Rule Engine (BRE)

Business Rule Execution

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Policy Manuals, Internal Documents,

Legislation & Regulations

Subject Matter Experts

Rule Repository

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Manual Business Process

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Rules Management – a simpler approach

Rule Sources

Legacy System Code




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Term Repository


Rules Management – increased complexity



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Rule Groupings

Relationship Mappings



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The Decision Model

Rule Sources

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Calculating the ROI




Process Models

A critical link between rule sources, process models and rule execution


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Decisions


The Decision Model

Rule Sources



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Process Excellence

Analysis

Governance

Glossary

A single, authoritative source about business rules, terms, processes, decisions and their relationships

Provides business context for rules and relates them to business motivations and process models

Organizes entire rule population as reusable structures that highlight relationships and dependencies between rules

Rule Families (Business Rules)

Decision

Structure & Organization


Maintains a comprehensive glossary of business terms to promote consistent understanding and usage

Enables rapid dissection of complex decisions for component level analysis

Encourages repeatable processes so that successful outcomes are predictable and consistent.

Ensures repository integrity with versioning and change management processes

Process Excellence

Analysis

GovernanceAnalysis &

Management

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Three must have attributes of an enterprise business rules repository

1. Real-time collaboration Multiple users simultaneously view and modify data in real time

Simplifies communication and eliminates processing bottlenecks


A day in the life of the repository manager

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These terms are out of date.

Where did these rules come from?Oops! .

WRONG!


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Is this right?

Since when? I need to check that.

Oops! .

Isn’t this your area?.

We’re changing directions.

Real time collaboration simplifies communication and eliminates processing bottlenecks


Decisions


Enterprise Rule Repository

Process Excellence

Analysis

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2. Accessibility for the entire organization Participation from all areas and all levels of the organization


Participation from all areas and all levels of the organization

Improves the quality and depth of the repository while creating a valuable information asset

Wide accessibility improves repository depth and quality while creating a valuable information asset

Frequent Users

• Business Analysts

• Subject Matter Experts

• Project Management

Core Users

• Business Rule Analysts

• System Developers


Decisions


• System Developers

• Rule Engine Developers

Periodic Users

• Line Management

• Legal & Compliance

• Employee Training

Process Excellence

Analysis

Governance

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2. Accessibility for the entire organization Participation from all areas and all levels of the organization


Participation from all areas and all levels of the organization

Improves the quality and depth of the repository while creating a valuable information asset

3. Robust controls and governance Automated tools and processes that manage how information is

created and maintained in the repository

Maintains the integrity of the repository’s contents regardless of its size or the number of users accessing it

Maintaining the Integrity of the Repository

Role Based Permissions Manage the data that an individual can review and modify based

on their job or position in the organization

Versioning and Change Management Eliminates confusion among users about the status of a


Eliminates confusion among users about the status of a business rule, term or decision structure

Review and Approval Processing Ensure that new entries and proposed changes are appropriately

evaluated before they are made available to the user population

Audit Trail and Reporting Provide a comprehensive history of the repository and its

contents

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Calculating the ROI




Use of Repository by Others in the Organization

Reuse of Decision Structures, Rules & Terms

Process & Communication Efficiencies

The value of an enterprise business rule repository increases dramatically as it matures

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Calculating the ROI




What is an enterprise business rules repository? Do I need one?

An enterprise business rules repository is … A single, authoritative source of information about business

rules, terms, processes, decisions and their relationships

Your organization should consider implementing an enterprise repository if you are …


enterprise repository if you are … Striving for greater consistency and reuse of business terms,

rules and decision structures

Taking a more strategic, enterprise approach to business rule and decision management

Using or moving toward a service oriented business architecture

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Calculating the ROI




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