Decision requirements models allow business analysts, architects and decision designers to describe the decision-making they need. When these models are combined with business-friendly business rules representations and representations of decision logic such as decision tables, non-technical domain experts can represent critical “know-how” accurately and precisely resulting in faster time to value and fewer errors. Add in the ability to navigate an existing implementation graphically, and these same users can find out when a change is required and where to make it. The combination of decision requirements models and business rules or executable decision models is a powerful capability.

1. Creating and
Managing
Executable Decision
Models with
DecisionsFirst
Modeler and
OpenRules
JamesTaylor
CEO
Dr Jacob Feldman
CTO

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Your Presenters
James Taylor
CEO of Decision
Management Solutions
I work with clients to
improve their business by
applying technology
to automate & improve
decisions
Dr Jacob Feldman
Founder & CTO of OpenRules
I am a hands-on developer
helping OpenRules customers
to create decision making
systems using BR, ML, and
optimization technologies

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AGENDA
Decision
Requirements
Models
DecisionsFirst
Modeler and
OpenRules®
From
Requirements to
Execution
Demonstration Next Steps Questions

4. Decision Requirements
Models

5. Existing Techniques Are Incomplete
Use Cases
• Key steps are decisions
• Decisions not modeled
Process Models
• Decisions made by tasks
• Peanut Butter Rules
Requirements Lists
• Decisions are required
• How is not modeled
Business Rules
• Big Bucket of Rules
• Details before overview
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Process And Rules Disconnected
If customer is GoldCustomer
and Home_Equity_Loan_Value is more than $100,000
then college_loan_discount = 0.5%
If member has greater than 3 prescriptions
and prescription’s renewal_date is less than 30 days in the future
then set reminder=“email”
If patient’s age is less than 18
and member’s coverage is “standard”
and member’s number_of_claims does not exceed 4
then set patient’s coverage to “standard”
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7. Good Decision Requirements
Information
• What is needed?
• Where does it come
from?
Knowledge
• How to make it
• How to improve it
Precision
• Exactly how?
• Specificity without
technical details
Context
• Application
• Organization
• Business Goals
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A Decision Requirements Model
Information Knowledge
Precision

9. DecisionsFirst Modeler
and OpenRules

10. DecisionsFirst Modeler
Social, collaborative, cloud-based Decision Management
modeling software that puts decisions at the heart of your
business architecture, building better requirements and
driving successful business rules implementations
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DecisionsFirst Modeler
Agile Decision Requirements
• Build diagrams quickly, finding and reusing objects or
importing existing information
Connect Decisions and Business Systems
• Put decisions into context, linking them to process, systems
and organizations.
Collaborate across silos
• Accessible from anywhere, a social powered and
collaborative environment supports multiple perspectives
Integrate with your approach
• Define your own completeness levels and link to your BRMS

12. OpenRules®
Business Decision Management System
Executable Decision Models
Focused on Subject Matter Experts
Multiple DecisioningTechniques
Open Source
www.OpenRules.com

13. OpenRules®

14. From Requirements to
Execution

15. DecisionsFirst Modeler + OpenRules
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OpenRules uses Excel/Google Docs to add implementation logic and test cases.
Requirements become executable
Decision logic is implemented
using OpenRules DecisionTables

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Collaboration And Integration
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RepositoryRepository
API Version Control

17. Demonstration

18. Next Steps

19. Recap
DecisionsFirst Modeler
Collaborative, social, cloud-based environment
Provides a simple yet precise definition of your
Decision Requirements
Builds a map for your implementation
OpenRules®
Open Source general purpose Business Decision
Management System
Supports Executable Decision Models created by
subject matter experts in Excel or Google Docs
Validates, deploys, manages, and effectively executes
decision models

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Ways We Can Help – Starter Services
Jump Start Service
2-3 days onsite
Setting up an integration framework specific to your
environment and business objectives
Specifying and developing an initial executable decision
requirements model that you can extend and manage
Technology transfer using DecisionsFirst Modeler and
OpenRules®
Model Building Service
Give us your document
We build an initial decision model

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Start For Free!
DecisionsFirst Modeler
www.decisionsfirst.com
OpenRules®
www.openrules.com

22. Questions?

23. Thank You
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JamesTaylor
james@decisionmanagementsolutions.com
Dr Jacob Feldman
jacobfeldman@openrules.com