About the Author
Ronald G. Ross
Ronald G. Ross is recognized internationally as the ‘father of business rules.' He is Co-Founder and
Principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC, where he is active in consulting services, publications,
the Proteus® methodology, and RuleSpeak®. Mr. Ross serves as Executive Editor of BRCommunity.com and
as Chair of the Business Rules Forum Conference. He is the author of nine professional books, most
recently Building Business Solutions: Business Analysis with Business Rules (2011). Mr. Ross speaks and gives popular public seminars across the
globe. His blog: http://www.ronross.info/blog/
Principles of the
Business Rules Approach
By Ronald G. Ross
Format: 400 pages / Paperback
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (February 5, 2003)
ISBN: 0201788934
Price:
$39.95
Background ...
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 application and architecture,
Principles of the Business Rule Approach is appropriate for both business and IT
professionals. It serves as a concise introduction and tutorial, presenting understandable
explanations and practical techniques.
Topics covered include:
- How the Business Rule Approach is changing the face of business and opening new areas of opportunity
- Achieving real-time compliance, near-zero latency, and mass customization
- The direct impact of business rules on IT projects
- Classifying business rules
- Organizing business logic and business vocabularies
- Business rule methodology
- RuleSpeak® -- Experience-based best practices for communicating rules effectively
- 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.
Ronald G. Ross is Co-Founder and Principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC, a firm that
provides workshops, consulting services, and publications centered on business analysis and
rules. He co-developed the Proteus methodology, including the popular RuleSpeak®. He also
serves as Executive Editor of
www.BRCommunity.com
and is a regular columnist for the internationally acclaimed Business Rules Journal
hosted there.
