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

Tom Debevoise (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2007

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.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book gets down to business. For those who want to know 'where do I start?' it has an extremely practical, straightforward narrative arc. The roadmap it provides is at once broad enough to cover almost every aspect of enterprise modernization, but deep enough to take us into almost every challenge, from the program code to the board room." -- Larry Goldberg, Managing Partner, Knowledge Partners International, author, editor of 'The Business Rules Revolution'

"Tom's unique understanding of how better management of business rules leads to better management of business processes makes this seminal book a must-read for any BPM practitioner. -- Ishmael Chang Ghalimi, CEO Intalio Software

About the Author

Tom Debevoise is a highly successful technology consultant and co-founder of Business Knowledge Architects, based in Virginia. His clients include major energy, pharmaceutical, engineering and environmental firms and the US Department of Defense. An extremely popular speaker at business conferences, Tom has authored several books, including "The Data Warehouse Method" in 1999, as well as numerous technical and trade journal articles. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (September 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419673688
• ISBN-13: 978-1419673689
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Debevoise is an executive technologist with 20+ years of experience as a BPM/Business Rules Practitioner, leader, trainer Member Object Management Group (OMG) BPM Practice Group. He has specific business rules experience in the fields of Supply Chain Management, Petroleum, Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials, and Health Care.

Tom is the author of three books, "The Data Warehouse Method," "Business Process Management with a Business Rules Approach" (2006), and "A Microguide to Process Modeling in BPMN" (2008). He is a contributor to numerous technical and trade journal articles.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Program Manager, November 8, 2005

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This review is from: Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture (Hardcover)

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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Business Intelligence, May 9, 2007

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This review is from: Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture (Hardcover)

The book could be an invaluable tool for designing SOA-based business intelligence. However, many typing errors exist in the text. Some statements in the book appear to contradict each other. The discussion on the business intelligence, Chapter 5, is difficult to follow. For example Figure 5.4 is very unclear. Specifically, how do the data from the dimensions in the data warehouse move from the data warehouse to the MQE? Where is the link from the data warehouse to the MQE? If the author can clean up all these issues, the book could be an excellent one for designing SOA-based business intelligence.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical BPM approach, November 2, 2005

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This review is from: Business Process Management With a Business Rules Approach: Implementing the Service Oriented Architecture (Hardcover)

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.