by David McCoy | April 17, 2009 | Submit a Comment
Scenario 1: Truck marked “Law Enforcement” towing a trailer with no working brake lights. Stops in front of me and I almost rear-end him. Scenario 2: Van marked “Police” races past me and runs a full red light while I stop. This was a “work detail” van – roadside trash collection with prison labor. No [...]
Category: Business Rule Management (BRM) Philosophy Rabble-Rousing and General Hoopla Tags: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | March 20, 2009 | Submit a Comment
When we were all rolling in those filthy-rich, blissful days of Internet summer, all around us, people were saying, “The old rules don’t apply!” Bricks-and-mortar are dead, clicks are the new currency, the old economy is dead, long live the new economy. The market only goes up, income only goes up, house prices only go [...]
Category: Philosophy Tags: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner, Philosophy
by David McCoy | March 10, 2009 | 4 Comments
I have just put the last comma in a new piece of research that will be out this quarter, entitled: Taking the Mystery Out of Business Rule Representation. As a hint at what we researched, I am including one of the main graphics: a chart that shows the various rule representation approaches plotted against two [...]
Category: Business Process Management (BPM) Business Rule Management (BRM) Technowishing Tags: Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | January 13, 2009 | Submit a Comment
In an earlier post, I ask for the topics that you would like to see in a Business Rule Management tutorial. Jim Sinur and I have now finished the tutorial and Jim will present it at our upcoming BPM conferences in London and San Diego. The presentation looks really nice! To close the loop, I [...]
Category: Business Process Management (BPM) Business Rule Management (BRM) Tags: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments
Simple question. Are you – vendor or user – writing your own BRE? I think you are. In fact, I’m sure you are. Limited standards-based routes, merely-competitive functionality expectations, shrinking independent BRE market, OEM overkill, specialized integration needs, specific vertical flavoring – all these factor in to the decision. If you are willing to talk, [...]
Category: Business Rule Management (BRM) Tags: Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | October 29, 2008 | Submit a Comment
Oracle is buying another Business Rule Engine vendor. Surprised? If you’e a client of Gartner, you should have seen this coming. Jim Sinur is at the Business Rules Forum tonight and he will be speaking tomorrow. He’s working on the research angle which, of course, you will soon see on www.gartner.com.. I have to remind [...]
Category: Business Rule Management (BRM) Rabble-Rousing and General Hoopla Tags: Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
Should it be “business rule engine” or “business rules engine?” Should “rule” be singular or plural? “Should be” and “is” are two different concepts. Take a look at the search results below. The inconsistent use of both the plural and the singular abounds. Why should “business rules management” (plural) dominate while “business rule management system” [...]
Category: Business Process Management (BPM) Business Rule Management (BRM) Rabble-Rousing and General Hoopla Tags: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments
Jim Sinur, Marc Kerremans and I are about to create a nice, new tutorial presentation on Business Rule Management (BRM). This is being done for our London BPM conference next February 23 – 25. We know what we think should go in a BRM tutorial – one that will cover both the concept of BRM [...]
Category: Business Process Management (BPM) Tags: Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments
In Q1 2008, Jim Sinur and I will release research on the different approaches to business rule representation. This is going to be a fun research effort – lots of theory, lots of hands-on testing. This is also a misunderstood area. For instance, some users think that a natural-language (NL) approach to rule representation is [...]
Category: Academic Goings-On Business Process Management (BPM) Business Rule Management (BRM) Rabble-Rousing and General Hoopla Tags: Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
by David McCoy | September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
JSR 94, RuleML, SBVR… there sure are a lot of business-rule-related standards and specifications out there. One specification (JSR 94) is fairly-well supported, but does it matter? And what about the others? Aren’t they a bit lonely and feeling neglected? Now consider that Gartner research has been warning of consolidation of the independent business rules market since late 2005, when RulesPower [...]
Category: Business Rule Management (BRM) Uncategorized Tags: Business Rule Management (BRM), David McCoy, Gartner
