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Most complete reference available ever! When I began to search information on BR, I was quite disappointed not to find a central reference, or book, or whatever that would lay out the panorama clear for me. So I decided that whatever I would be able to gather I would make available to who else would want to know more on the subject. So here it is, a quite complete BR Resources page (or at least that is what it will be, the work is still in progress. (Typing all these Articles info is really time consuming!) Please let me know if you found this of help, or not (anyway), and most of all, if you know of anything worth it that is not listed here, so that I can incorporate it here. [ Books - Online Resources - Conferences - Consultants - Articles - Send Feedback ]
Most Books have Table of Contents and Sample Pages that you can see on Amazon.com I have created both a list and a guide at Amazon. Check them out for a more direct access to the items there, or a different wording of what's put here. Amazon List "Business Rules Complete List": http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/28DF3O4RC9962/ref=cm_aya_av.lm_more/103-5266289-3822243 Business Rules and Information Systems A very much needed book on BR for those of us wanting to have an actualized view of the subject, and a not so abstract one, too. Anybody got Tony's email? “Information systems often fail because their requirements are poorly defined. This book shows IT professionals how to specify more precisely and more effectively what their systems need to do. The key lies in the discovery and application of what are called business rules. A business rule is a compact and simple statement that represents some important aspect of a business. By capturing the rules for your business--the logic that governs its operation--you will gain the ability to create systems fully aligned with your business needs. In this book, Tony Morgan provides a thorough introduction to business rules, as well as a practical framework for integrating them into information systems. He shows you how to identify and express business rules, offers practical strategies for their use, and explains the key elements of logic that underpin their application. Topics covered include: Understanding the role of business rules and models in information systems development Using models to structure and manage business activities, including e-commerce Defining and discovering business rules Controlling business rule quality Fitting business rules into varied technical architectures Implementing business rules using available technology. Whether you are an analyst, designer, developer, or technical manager, the in-depth information and practical perspective in this valuable resource will guide you in your efforts to build rule-centered information systems that fully support the goals of your organization" Requirements By Collaboration Ellen is a member of the 'club of the first writers on BR'. You can find several good articles of her in the articles list. A book from he is very welcomed. “I spend much time helping organizations capture requirements and even more time helping them recover from not capturing requirements. Many of them have gone through some motions regarding requirements, as if they were sleepworking. It's time to wake up, and do it right--and this book is going to be their alarm clock." Jerry Weinberg, author of numerous books on productivity enhancement "In today's complex, fast-paced software development environment, collaboration--the intense peer-to-peer conversations that result in products, decisions, and knowledge sharing--is absolutely essential to success. But all too often, attempts to collaborate degenerate into agonizing meetings or ineffectual bull sessions. Ellen's wonderful book will help you bridge the gap--turning the agony of meetings into the ecstasy of effective collaboration." Jim Highsmith, a pioneer in adaptive software development methods Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs focuses on the human side of software development--how well we work with our customers and teammates. Experience shows that the quality and degree of participation, communication, respect, and trust among all the stakeholders in a project can strongly influence its success or failure. Ellen Gottesdiener points out that such qualities are especially important when defining user requirements and she shows in this book exactly what to do about that fact. Gottesdiener shows specifically how to plan and conduct requirements workshops. These carefully organized and facilitated meetings bring business managers, technical staff, customers, and users into a setting where, together, they can discover, evolve, validate, verify, and agree upon their product needs. Not only are their requirements more effectively defined through this collaboration, but the foundation is laid for good teamwork throughout the entire project. Other books focus on how to build the product right. Requirements by Collaboration focuses instead on what must come first--the right product to build." (from the back cover of the book) Business Rules Applied A step-by-step tutorial on how to execute the business rules approach–from planning through implementation "The business rules approach to application development represents a major evolution in software engineering and promises to be the most practical and desirable way to build systems. As a result, developers are in need of a how-to guide for implementing business rules in practice. Barbara von Halle fills this niche in the literature by providing a pragmatic introduction to the techniques and guidelines necessary for assembling systems using a business rules approach. Building on familiar methodologies such as structured systems analysis, information engineering, and object orientation, you will be able to easily add a business rules approach to existing practices" Art Moore's presentation at ODTUG 2001 was also a preview of this book, so get your hands on the paper and slides at ODTUG's site. WHAT Not HOW “(It) is a concise and accessible introduction to this new technology. It is written for both managers and technical professionals. The book consists of two parts: Part I presents a broad overview of what business rules are all about; Part II then revisits the ideas in Part I and show how they fit squarely into the solid tradition of relational technology. (...) Overall, the book provides a good grounding in an important new technology, one poised to transform the way we do business in the IT world”. (From the back cover of the book) Check the review by Old Owl, July 2000, on the BRCommunity site at: http://www.brcommunity.com/cgi-local/x.pl/resources/b019.html Business Rule Concepts If you need somewhere to start, this is the one book. “The human body has three basic mechanical components: skeleton, muscles and nerves. Each is essential, integrated and specialized. The result – highly adaptable, highly intelligent behavior. The Business Rule Book A very interesting work of Mr. Ross. His classification hasn't found echo in the community though. Still very interesting. “Business rules represent a radically new approach to expressing user requirements. Based on data models (or object models), they take non-procedurality to a level never seen before. They will revolutionize analysis and design techniques for database systems. The Business Rule Book introduces Ross Method, a graphic technique for expressing business policies and practices directly in rigorous fashion. More than simply a collection of functions or processes to execute, it views a business as a collection of rules. Its ultimate goal is to make turning these rules on or off as easy as flipping light switches. At the heart of the Ross Method is a classification of business rules, called the Chart of Atomic Rule Types. In the new chemistry of information systems, these atomic rule types are formed easily into powerful compounds. Ross Method shows how.” (From the back cover of the book). Principles of the Business Rules Approach Surely a must have by Mr. Ross. Haven't read it yet, but considering MR. Ross' place within the BR community and his many valuable contributions, it must be worthy. “Business rules represent a radically new approach to expressing user requirements. Based on data models (or object models), they take non-procedurality to a level never seen before. They will revolutionize analysis and design techniques for database systems.
BRCommunity: www.brcommunity.com (Best resource ever!) The Business Rules Group: www.BusinessRulesGroup.org The Meta Data Coalition: www.mdcinfo.com (soon to merge with OMG) Information on the products themselves is of course available on the sites of the companies. White papers as well. Many articles can be found at some of the Consultants web sites too (see next section).
BR Symposium at ODTUG (www.odtug.com) The Business Rules Forum, 100% dedicated to BR. Hosted by renowned authors Ron Ross and Terry Moriarty. See www.businessrulesforum.com.
This list of consulting companies is in no way an endorsement or even a recommendation, nor does it pretend to be complete. It is listed just to satisfy some curiosity as to who’s “into it”. These consulting companies are listed at the “support” page of BRCommunity. All these people actively participate to the content of the BRCommunity web site and in the press in general, for many years already. See the page at www.brcommunity.com/cgi-local/x.pl/resources/support.html · Business Rules Solutions, LLC (Ron Ross) (www.brsolutions.com) · EBG Consulting, Inc (Ellen Gottesdiener)(www.ebgconsulting.com) · Essential Strategies (David C. Hay) (www.essentialstrategies.com) · Inastrol (Terry Moriarty) (www.inastrol.com) ·
Knowledge Partners, Inc. (Barbara
von Halle) (www.kpiusa.com) On the “Business Rule Contacts” from the Business Rules Group (www.businessrulesgroup.org/brglink.htm), we find these same companies, plus this one: ·
CrossLogix,
Inc (www.crosslogix.com)
And finally there are these companies which I know are “into it” through the papers and activities of their members: · CaseTech, Inc. (David Wendelken and I.Michael Snyder) (www.casetech-inc.com) · DACOM (David Appleton) (www.dacom.com) ·
Dulcian, Inc. (Paul
Dorsey) (www.dulcian.com)
The list of articles/texts is quite big (166 entries), so it's on another page. (Go to Articles page)
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