Scientific Paper

Identifying Challenges in BRM Implementations Regarding the Verification and Validation Capabilities at Governmental Institutions

Abstract: Since an increasing amount of business rules management solutions are utilized, organizations search for guidance to design such solutions. As the amount of BRMS-implementations increase, the amount of implementation challenges experienced in practice increase as well. Therefore, it is of importance to gain insights into these implementation challenges which can help guide future implementations …

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A Cost-Benefit Method for Business Rules Normalization

Abstract: This paper presents a cost/benefit analysis method for the normalization of business rules. To determine the economic benefit of business rules normalization three variables are addressed: 1) the number of anomalies a rule set endures, 2) the storage space a rule set requires and the 3) deterioration of rules in response time. The approach …

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Functional Requirements for Business Rules Management Systems

Abstract:Business Rules Management (BRM) is a method designed to transform legal requirements into executable business decisions and business logic. In the last few years, the BRM capabilities have been increasingly supported by a set of software technologies, which are bundled together in a so-called BRM-systems. The aim of this study is to develop a functional …

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Verification Capabilities for Business Rules Management in the Dutch Governmental Context

Abstract: The management of business decisions and business logic play a critical role in an organization’s daily activities. As laws, regulations and/or internal policies need to be translated into logically correct business decisions and business logic it is essential to govern and guard the logical soundness of the business decisions and business logic specified. This …

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Fundamental Constructs for Derivation Business Rules

Abstract: Due to the creation of the new Decision Model Standard, derivation business rules play an even more crucial role in organizations’ daily operations. To capture these business rules, organizations can choose between a multitude of commercially and scientifically available business rule languages. However, currently no set of criteria exists to evaluate these business rule …

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An Economic Approach to Business Rules Normalization

Abstract: This paper presents a cost/benefit analysis method for the normalization of business rules. To determine the economic benefit of business rules normalization three variables are addressed: 1) the number of anomalies a rule set endures, 2) the storage space a rule set requires and the 3) deterioration of rules in response time. The approach …

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Management Control System for Business Rules Management

Abstract: With increasing investments in business rules management (BRM), organizations are searching for ways to value and benchmark their processes to elicitate, design, specify, verify, validate, deploy, execute and govern business rules. To realize valuation and benchmarking of previously mentioned processes, organizations must be aware that performance measurement is essential, and of equal importance, which …

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