Business Rule Concepts (Second Edition)
Announcing the publication of the second edition of the groundbreaking 1998 handbook ...


Business Rule Concepts:
Getting to the Point of Knowledge

by Ronald G. Ross





What people are saying about Concepts 2.0 ...

    “I've been urging Ron to re-issue this handbook for several years - it was a really excellent piece of work. I've always recommended it. Now he's produced this new and improved version with all the latest - and its even better!”


    ~ Terry Moriarty, President, Inastrol
    Conference Co-Chair, Business Rules Forum Conference

    " ... a 'must read' for just about everyone concerned about how their company can achieve business and system agility, on both the business and IT sides. I gained valuable insights at just about every turn -- well worth my time."


    ~ Mark Myers, Enterprise Architect
    Northern California Power Agency

    ( Mark Myers' full book review can be found at:
    http://www.brsolutions.com/b_concepts_r.php
    )


Business Rule Concepts 2.0 is co-sponsored by:



Business Rules Forum Conference
www.BusinessRulesForum.com

Catch Ron's Sunday Tutorial at the Forum
(Nov 6) and his keynote on
Tuesday (Nov 8)



Business Rules Community
www.BRCommunity.com




What is a business rule?
What is the business rule approach?



In Concepts 2.0, Mr. Ross brings you up-to-date on these and related questions, in two parts:

    Part 1 ... for managers and business people.

    Part 2 ... for practitioners.

Compliance. Requirements. Adaptability. Knowledge.

Find out about practical solutions for these and other urgent business challenges. In readable, get-to-the-point style, this book gives you a fast-paced, up-to-the-minute inspection tour of the breakthrough ideas and innovations that have the industry abuzz.

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Contents

    Introduction

    • The Business Rule Vision

    • A New View of Business Systems


    Part 1: Key Concepts of the Business Rule Approach

      Part 1 is aimed toward the general reader seeking to understand the basic ideas of the business rule approach.


      Chapter 1. What You Need to Know About Terms and Facts

      • Business vocabulary

      • Improving business communication

      • Fact models and what they represent


      Chapter 2. What You Need to Know about Rules

      • A central role for rules

      • Rules for guidance and control

      • The inner workings of rules


      Chapter 3. What the Business Manager Needs to Know

      • Lessons of legacies

      • Implications of the business rule approach for business

      • Real-time knowledge delivery


    Part 2: Concepts of the Business Rule Approach for the Practitioner

      Part 2 is aimed toward the practitioner seeking more complete understanding of the business rule approach.


      Chapter 4. A Closer Look at Fact Models

      • Forming definitions

      • Forming fact types

      • Advanced vocabulary representation


      Chapter 5. A Closer Look at Rules

      • What is a business rule?

      • People rules vs. knowledge rules

      • Rules in information/knowledge systems


      Chapter 6. A Closer Look at Work and Processes

      • How rules relate to business processes

      • How rules relate to system processes

      • The 'big picture' of business systems in the business rule approach


    Business Rules Manifesto

      The Principles of Rule Independence


    Glossary

    References

    Index


About the Author

Ronald G. Ross

Recognized worldwide as the "father of business rules," Ronald G. Ross is a Principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC. In addition to consulting, teaching, and speaking internationally, he serves as Executive Editor of BRCommunity. He is Co-Chair of the Business Rules Forum Conference and works actively on standards. His 30+ year career has produced eight outstanding books, including the industry's first on business rules in 1994.



About Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Business Rule Solutions, LLC (BRS) is the recognized world leader in the advancement of the business rule approach. Our principal, Ronald G. Ross is acknowledged globally as the 'father' of business rules. BRS provides the complete set of services and the expertise that enable organizations to apply the business rule approach effectively, quickly, and successfully. BRS offers public seminars, in-house training, consulting services, publications, tools, and Proteus®, the internationally acclaimed and proven business rule methodology.




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