The decision model : a business logic framework linking business and technology

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Information & Library Science Library

Call Number
HD30.2 .V67 2010
Status
Available

Summary

In the current fast-paced and constantly changing business environment, it is more important than ever for organizations to be agile, monitor business performance, and meet with increasingly stringent compliance requirements. Written by pioneering consultants and bestselling authors with track records of international success, The Decision Model: A Business Logic Framework Linking Business and Technology provides a platform for rethinking how to view, design, execute, and govern business logic. The book explains how to implement the Decision Model, a stable, rigorous model of core business logic that informs current and emerging technology.

The authors supply a strong theoretical foundation, while succinctly defining the path needed to incorporate agile and iterative techniques for developing a model that will be the cornerstone for continual growth. Because the book introduces a new model with tentacles in many disciplines, it is divided into three sections:

Section 1: A Complete overview of the Decision Model and its place in the business and technology world

Section 2: A Detailed treatment of the foundation of the Decision Model and a formal definition of the Model

Section 3: Specialized topics of interest on the Decision Model, including both business and technical issues

The Decision Model provides a framework for organizing business rules into well-formed decision-based structures that are predictable, stable, maintainable, and normalized. More than this, the Decision Model directly correlates business logic to the business drivers behind it, allowing it to be used as a lever for meeting changing business objectives and marketplace demands. This book not only defines the Decision Model and but also demonstrates how it can be used to organize decision structures for maximum stability, agility, and technology independence and provide input into automation design.

Contents

  • Foreword: Business Rules and the Real World p. vii
  • Preface and Acknowledgments p. xi
  • About the Authors p. xxiii
  • Contributors' List p. xxv
  • About the Contributors p. xxv
  • Section I The Decision Model In Context
  • 1 Why the Decision Model? p. 3
  • 2 An Overview of the Decision Model p. 13
  • 3 The Business Value of Decision Models p. 37
  • 4 Changing the Game: BPM and BDM p. 63
  • 5 SOA and the Decision Model p. 91
  • 6 How the Decision Model Improves Requirements, Business Analysis, and Testing p. 103
  • 7 Getting Started p. 139
  • Section II The Decision Model In Detail
  • 8 The Structural Principles p. 167
  • 9 The Declarative Principles p. 211
  • 10 The Integrity Principles p. 231
  • 11 At a Glance: The Decision Model and the Relational Model p. 271
  • 12 The Decision Model Formally Defined p. 301
  • Section III Commentaries
  • 13 Enterprise Architecture: Managing Complexity and Change p. 319 John Zachman
  • 14 Opportunities in Enterprise Architecture p. 329
  • 15 Service-Oriented Architectures p. 359 Mike Rosen
  • 16 Specifications, Standards, Practices, and the Decision Model p. 385
  • 17 Integrating the Decision Model with BPMN p. 421 Bruce Silver
  • 18 The Case for the Physical Decision Model p. 427 Daniel J. Worden
  • 19 Enterprise Decision Management and the Decision Model p. 441 James Taylor
  • 20 Introducing the Business Decision Maturity Model p. 455
  • 21 The Decision Model and Enterprise 2.0: Enabling Collaboration p. 481 Brian Stucky
  • 22 A Management Perspective p. 493 David L. Haslett and Tracy Williams
  • 23 Better! Cheaper! Faster! p. 501 David Pedersen
  • Bibliography p. 507
  • Index p. 511

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