Business Rules Applied: Building Better Systems Using the Business Rules Approach

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

PART ONE: BUSINESS RULE BASICS.

The Need for a Business Rules Approach.

Business Rule Concepts.

Introduction to Business Rule Methodology.

PART TWO: GETTING STARTED ON A BUSINESS RULES PROJECT.

Scoping for Success.

Project Planning with Business Rules.

PART THREE: DISCOVERY.

Discovering Initial Requirements.

Discovering Rules and Data.

Discovering Rules through Facilitated Sessions.

PART FOUR: ANALYSIS.

Analyzing Data 249

Analyzing Rules.

Analyzing Process.

PART FIVE: DESIGN.

Designing for a Business Rules Approach.

Implementing Business Rule Systems Using Data-Change-Oriented Rules Products.

Implementing Business Rule Systems Using Service-Oriented Products.

Rule Management.

To Think About.

References.

Index.