Business Rule Revolution: Running Business the Right Way
Taking care of business: "Without a doubt, every contributor to this book is a hero in their own  right... None are afraid to share both good and bad so that readers can  grow from their experiences."   Barbara von Halle"The requirement will be for enterprise-wide, integrated implementations  for immediate delivery." John Zachman"Business specifications are no longer requirements that support the  development of IT design.. they are the business configuration that is  expected to be loaded into the IT solution." Neal McWhorter"The implementation of this tool [at Oregon Public Employee Retirement  Systems] allowed us to consolidate business rule responsibilities from IT  (QA) systems staff to the primary business users after appropriate  training." Larry Ward and Jordan Masango"What proved most effective, then, was not a top-down, process-to-rules  approach, but one that iterated between both perspectives." Art Moore and Michael Beck"The delivery of the Rule Wizard [at Aetna] not only resulted in a huge  advancement in enabling the rule authors to write rules, but the rule  authors could now easily address rule quality and integrity, all without  much technical support." John SemmelTake care of technology:  "Rule architecture should be business-friendly...it should help the  business better understand, manage, maintain and update decision logic." Gene Weng"The core of a business is its business rules, which need to be protected  from deliberate or accidental misuse. A well-defined business rules  methodology, focused on business goals and objectives, addresses most of  the concerns." May Abraham"While the promise of BRMS is alluring, realizing the benefits requires  more than finding rules and integrating a business rule engine." Brian Stucky"As an ASP, Equifax manages the core environment, development and  maintenance of customer systems, with business rule maintenance performed  by the customers themselves." Linda Nieporent"The greatest ROI becomes possible when automating and improving  operational decisions across the enterprise." James TaylorBring the two sides together:  "So we believe that agility is the single most important quality for a  competitive organization. Not technological agility, a necessary but  insufficient condition, but business agility." Larry Goldberg