Schedule

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At A Glance

This 2-day course presents a high-level and comprehensive view of the various aspects necessary to optimize business rules related initiatives. Getting control of business rules is the best approach to achieving increased business agility. While many organizations are embracing this concept, delivering on this value proposition requires the understanding of several key concepts and approaches. The instructor introduces a holistic set of concepts that demystifies how business rules are managed, structured and related. Students will learn how business rules operate in concert with other aspects of business behavior, including business processes, business events and business entities. The course concludes with a discussion of how business rules fit within key technology enablers, such as Business Process Management Systems (BPMSs) and Business Rule Engines (BREs). Key concepts and approaches are driven home through participants’ discussion of examples that have relevance within today’s organizations.

Learning Objectives

• How does a business rules approach impact the business/IT relationship
• What are the key aspects of ownership and governance required for a business rules approach
• How do business policies, knowledge, judgments and rules work together
• What are the different types of knowledge and rules and what capabilities do they provide
• What is required to write rules that are understandable by business teams
• What is the relationship between rules processes, events and entities
• How are rules, process, events and entities implemented in BPMSs and BREs
• What are the critical success factors required to succeed with a Business Rules Approach
  

Target Audience/Who Should Attend

• Executives & Senior Managers focused on building business rules capability within their organization
• Managers of Business Analysts and Lead Business Analysts
• Business & Software Architects
• Business Analysts involved in any type of business rules initiative

Unique Value of this Course

• The course walks through the elements necessary to ensure linkage between business intent, policies and business rules beyond the initial implementation of a business rules driven solution
• The critical linkages between business rules, events and processes (workflow) are clarified and how to correctly model business rules to solve business problems is covered

Reference Material Provided

• Student course handbook
• Relevant white papers on managing business rules

IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge and CBAP Certification Coverage

More Information

• For onsite training information and detailed course outlines, call 773-227-7110 x106