Introduction to Decision Modeling 6

by | May 10, 2016 | Introduction, Video Short

Ahead of the publication of our joint book on Decision Modeling, to be released later this year, James Taylor and I have made a series of video shorts about business decision modeling. In this last video, James and I talk about real benefits that decision modeling using DMN delivered to our clients on some recent engagements. Specifically we discuss how the use of decision modeling:

  • Speeds up business rule and data requirements discovery, quickly identifying wrong assumptions and mistakes
  • Adds effective communication and consistency between teams and across projects
  • Improved business subject matter experts, analyst, developer and program manager engagement and ownership
  • Managing size, complexity and rapid change in business requirements
  • Improves the definition of the automation boundary
  • Gave better tracability between internal decision definitions and external regulations

Let us know what you think. Review the first, second, third, fourth and fifth posts of this series. Find out more about decision modeling and its benefits. Talk to us about decision modeling mentoring and training.

Introduction to Decision Modeling 5

by | May 4, 2016 | Introduction, Video Short

Ahead of the publication of our joint book on Decision Modeling, to be released later this year, James Taylor and I have made a series of video shorts about business decision modeling. In this brief video, James and I talk about the real difference between business rules and business decisions, including:

  • How rules and decisons differ for the business organization that defines them
  • Their different relationships with the business process
  • Their different business value

Let us know what you think. Review the first, second, third and fourth posts of this series. Find out more about decision modeling. Talk to us about decision modeling mentoring and training.

In our next post we’ll discuss our experience of using decision modeling with clients and how they benefited from the technique.

Introduction to Decision Modeling 4

by | Apr 27, 2016 | Introduction, Video Short

Ahead of the publication of our joint book on Decision Modeling, to be released later this year, James Taylor and I have made a series of video shorts about business decision modeling. In this brief video, James and I talk about why we decided to write a book, including:

  • Why the DMN specification is good standards document, but not ideal way for users to learn decision modeling
  • Who our book is aimed at and what it aims to achieve
  • The content readers can expect: best practices, patterns and examples from our project experience

 

Let us know what you think. Review the first, second and third posts of this series. Find out more about decision modeling. Talk to us about decision modeling mentoring and training.

In our next post we’ll discuss the differences between decisions and business rules.

Introduction to Decision Modeling 3

by | Apr 20, 2016 | Introduction, Video Short

Why should you use a standard approach to model business decisions and why is DMN the best standard we have currently?

Ahead of the publication of our joint book on Decision Modeling, to be released later this year, James Taylor and I have made a series of video shorts about business decision modeling. In this brief video, James and I talk about how to model decisions, including:

  • Why use a standard technique for modeling your companies business decisions
  • Why is the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) the best standard available currently

Let us know what you think. Review the first and second posts of this series. Find out more about decision modeling. Talk to us about decision modeling mentoring and training.

In our next post we’ll discuss why a book on DMN is needed when there is already a documented standard.

Introduction to Decision Modeling 2

by | Apr 15, 2016 | Introduction, Video Short

Why should organizations invest time and effort to model their business decisions? What is the ‘bottom-line’ benefit?

Ahead of the publication of our joint book on Decision Modeling, to be released later this year, James Taylor and I have made a series of video shorts about business decision modeling. In this brief video, James and I talk about the advantages of modeling, including:

  • The practical benefits of the approach: time to market, transparency and improved requirements integrity.
  • How it improves communication among distributed teams of business analysts, subject matter experts and developers.
  • The gains of separating business decisions from business processes.
  • How decision modeling boosts the effectiveness of analytics, data needs analysis and change management.

Let us know what you think. Review the first post of this series. Find out more about decision modeling. Talk to us about decision modeling mentoring and training.

In our next post we’ll consider how to model decisions and why it’s best to use a standard.

Introduction to Decision Modeling 1

by | Apr 13, 2016 | Introduction, Video Short

What is business decision modeling and how to do organization use it to capture their key commercial assets?

Ahead of the publication of our joint book on Decision Modeling, to be released later this year, James Taylor and I have made a series of video shorts about business decisions. In this brief video,  James and I talk about business decisions and modeling, including:

  • What is a business decision?
  • Why are they so important?
  • What is Decision Modeling and what can it achieve?

We hope you find it useful.

Find out more about decision modeling. Talk to us about decision modeling mentoring and training.

In our next video short we examine why decision modeling is useful.