Business Process Management with a Business Rules Approach: Implementing The Service Oriented Architecture

By Tom Debevoise

Book Overview

Can you imagine a business, government agency or nonprofit organization that does not incorporate business processes into its operation? Every enterprise mission is defined by the processes' cyclical series of operations. Computer systems support many of these processes, and systems need accurate information in order to decide what to do. These decisions, then, mediate the flow of information between the actors in the enterprise. The connection between business processes and business rules is important. In this book, successful consultant and author, Tom Debevoise explores and explains the interrelated methods of Business Process Management and the Business Rules Approach.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419673688
• ISBN13: 9781419673689
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

BPM rules with clarity

Not only did I personally find this book complete with practical information, my IT department has as well. The review is similar to what my business is experiencing and has hit the nail on the head with the approach we need to take to steer our firm into growth mode, internally and in our market. I have recommended this book to other friends as their businesses are in a similar hold pattern as our was/is and they too have commented they found this book to be a valuable resource.

Must reading for enterprise architects and business strategists

In this book, Tom describes an incredibly powerful approach to application development: how to build systems that use Business Processes that decide with business rules. If you follow the industry trends in this area, this development approach is considered to be critical to achieving "business agility". If you had to read one book on either Business Process Management or Business Rules, this is the book to read.

Outstanding piece of work!!!

I enjoyed this book. In Tom's view BPM should be a rapid, organic process in a company. While the language is simple, don't be fooled - the case study explores many complex issues. As well as business rules and BPM, the author ties business intelligence into the theme. There is no question that BPM, Business Rules and Business Intelligence are critical for every company's strategy. This book was pretty good at tying it all together. If you what to get the BPM religion, read Fengar and Smith.

Program Manager

Business Rules are just one area of advancement within trendy IT thinking today yet we need to know how they should work with BPM tools. This book tries to lay out a vision for two development methodologies. The business rules section is a bit sparse but there are plenty of good references on this subject. I particularly liked the chapter devoted to process convergence, which takes the BPM concepts and applies them to a data processing environment. Another strong point is that the book's case study provides many examples to reinforce points under discussion. The index is well organized. The illustrations that are sprinkled throughout the book also add humor and clarity.

Practical BPM approach

This is a wonderful little book. The author explains in simple language how teams actually build business processes with today's software. Today's IT strategies are very complicated and it's hard to determine the correct approach for solving problems. The case study in the book clarifies how BPM and Business rules software works. Also, the author has included many diagrams to show how these solutions should fit together. If your company is considering BPM, this book will show you how to make it happen.