(Editor's Note: Sandy has a lot of interesting things to say, and provides myriad links to very useful events and developments in her BPM/Web 2.0 blog, which can be found at
www.column2.com. The following is an excerpt of a recent brief posting at her site.)
The Business Rules Forum is coming up on October 26-30 in Orlando, and I'll be back there again this year to speak. You can find my coverage of last year's event here, and my presentation on BPM, BR and BI is available here. I found last year's event definitely worthwhile, although I was left with the feeling that we still had a long way to go in terms of creating the necessary about of synergy between BPM and BR. A lot has happened in a year, and this year I'm speaking on mixing rules and process. (The following is an abstract of the session)...
There are many techniques for combining rules or decisioning capability with business process management (BPM), ranging from using simple expression engines embedded within a BPM system to a full integration between separate BRM and BPM systems.
This session takes a close look at what rules functionality that the BPM systems offer, and the key characteristics that identify which rules and decisions should remain in the domain of the BPM system, and which should be entrusted to a full-strength business rules management system. What you will learn:
- The current state of BPM and BRM
- How BPM and BRM interact
- Where your rules belong
