WA1728 Designing and Applying Business Rules Training and Courseware (coming soon)

This 2-day course examines Business Rules, business rule engines, and provides essential guidance in designing and applying business rules into production environment. Students are provided with a firm foundation in decision management principles, methodologies, and best practices.  Hands-on lab exercises will provide students with first-hand experience identifying, designing, and implementing business rules.
Throughout the course, students will be exposed to a wide range of topics surrounding decision management, including rules identifying, designing rules, implementing rules, as well as managing and monitoring rules.  Beyond this life cycle, the subject of business rules governance and the application of business rules within the context of Business Process Management (BPM) and also Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will be explored.

• Decision management
• Business processes
• Business rules
• Business rules engines
• Business rules repositories
• Identifying business rules
• Designing business rules
• Implementing business rules
• Managing and monitoring rules
• Governing rules
• Business rules within the context of BPM
• Business rules within the context of SOA

• Learn about the principles and motivations behind decision management
• Compare and contrast business processes, workflow, and business rules
• Explore the capabilities offered by various business rules software
• Discover the steps and key success factors involved in identifying business rules
• Learn proper business rules design techniques
• Gain hands-on experience implementing business rules designs
• Explore the management and monitoring of rules throughout the lifecycle of a rule
• Discover the key success factors associated with governing business rules
• Discuss the real-world application of business rules within an enterprise setting

This course is appropriate for a broad audience, including business analysts, managers, business architects, and developers.

Previous knowledge and/or experience with business process modeling and management is preferable, but not required.

Two days.