Cloud ERP – Efficient, Innovative, or Both?
In a recent article in Forbes, David Yarnold explains that SAP ERP system rigidity has squelched creativity and contributed to…
Connecting Data Governance to Business Outcomes That Matter
Process-centric initiatives are often optimal approaches for the things that companies want to accomplish. Business processes make it possible to…
RulesFest 2011 – Kenny Shi: Scalability in a Real-Time Decision Platform
My friend Kenny has decided to also talk about performance. Given the magnitude of the traffic on eBay and the…
Considering IT Operational Decision Making as an Asset in Current Dynamics
“To deliver on increased qualitative and quantitative expectations and combat with situations of close margins, it becomes imperative to redefine…
4 Practical Steps to Validating your Business Rules
In a recent blog post, I talked about the need for many ways to represent business rules depending on your…
Book Review – Agile Business Rules Development
Decision Management can only succeed if the business rules for decisions can be effectively managed. Effective management must involve both…
Factual Logic: Why Numbers Count
The funny thing about Decision Management technologies is that we obsess with automation but.
Here’s How to Use Decision Management to Improve Cross-Channel Experience
Retailing today had an interesting article – “Best Buy, Sears, Target tops in cross-channel performance” – about the importance and…
Data Management: Reaching Into the Cloud
In a form of “shadow IT”, Line-of-Business groups have been turning to cloud-based services to quickly set up technology solutions…
Rules Based Decision Making Shouldn’t Be Followed Religiously
A rules based, structured decision making approach works for many occasions, especially when choices and outcomes are relatively well documented…
