Business rules management system (BRMS) is a software tools that work alongside enterprise IT applications. It enables enterprises to automate decision-making processes typically consisting of separate business rules authoring and rules execution applications. This proposed title brings together the following key ideas in modern enterprise system development best practice. The need for service-oriented architecture (SOA); How the former depends on component-based development (CBD); Database-centred approaches to business rules (inc. GUIDES); Knowledge-based approaches to business rules; Using patterns to design and develop business rules management systems. Contents - 1 Aligning IT with Business; 2 Service Oriented Architecture and Software Components; 3 Approaches to Business Rules; 4 Business Rules Management Technology and Terminology; 5 Features of Business Rules Management Systems; 6 Development Methods; 7 A Pattern Language for BRMS Development; Appendices - A The Business Rules Manifesto; B A Simple Method for Evaluating BRMS Products; References and Bibliography.
