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IBM WebSphere ILOG BRMS
Release 7.1
Business Rule Management System
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Agenda
 Introduction to BRMS
 Business policies and Business rules
 Concept of operations
 IBM Websphere ILOG JRules
 IBM ILOG
JRules
for Smart SOA
IBM
Software
Group
| Lotus software
 Conclusion
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Traditional Approach for Managing Decision Change
Business rules are crucial to operational
systems, and they change over time. The
traditional (ad hoc) approach of dealing with
rule changes leads to…
 Reduced organizational agility
 Reduced employee productivity
 Increased load on IT
Issues
Where Business Rules Typically Exist
• Rules are hidden in code or isolated
within the organization
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• Changes are hard to track and
maintain over time
Documents
Applications
• Rules used by systems have to be
programmed and require IT resources
• Duplication and multiple versions of
the same rules
• Lack of auditability, traceability
People
Processes
• Decision changes cannot be easily
tested or simulated
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The Smarter Approach – Easy, Safe, Reliable Change with BRMS

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
Eliminate decision silos
Make decision logic accessible to Business and IT
Allow business users to manage rules
Implement fine-grained, context-specific decision automation
Reduce maintenance time/cost
Business Rule Management System
Where Business Rules Typically Exist
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Rules are
Defined,
Analyzed and
Maintained
User Tools
Rules are
Stored and
Shared
Documents
Applications
Rule Repository
People
Rules are
Deployed,
Executed and
Monitored
Processes
Rule Server
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Redefined Application Change Cycle
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Business - IT
Decisions / Policies
Days / Weeks
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Developer
Functions /Tasks / Flow
Weeks / Months
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Managing Change Across the Organization
I need easy,
efficient and reliable
policy change
delivery
I need a
comprehensive rules
development and
maintenance
environment
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Development
Rule Developer
Rule Modeler
Business Analyst
Line of Business
Business Partner
Policy Manager
Line of Business Manager
I need performance,
scalability, monitoring and
reliability of operations
Production
IT Administrator
System/Ops Manager
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Comprehensive Environments for Every User
Rule Team Server
Rule Studio
WebSphere
ILOG BRMS
Rule Solutions
for Office
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Developers
Business Users
Rule Execution Server
Administrator
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WebSphere ILOG BRMS – Full Rule Lifecycle Support
Business
Analyst
Developer
Model
Analyze
Author
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Monitor
System Administrator
Validate
Enterprise
Rule Repository
Policy Manager
Test
Execute
Deploy
Rule Administrator
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Agenda
 Introduction to BRMS
 Business policies and Business rules
 Concept of operations
 IBM Websphere ILOG JRules
 IBM ILOG
JRules
for Smart Group
SOA
IBM
Software
| Lotus software
 Conclusion
April 13, 2015
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Business Rule Language
if
the type of claim is Veterinary cost
then
Processing type for claim is : Automate
else
Processing type for claim is : Manual
 Supports all kind of rules:
 Basic to cross validations
 Derivations
 Inference based rules
 Calculations rules
 Customizable vocabulary specific to your
organization, industry, application (etc.)
 Product offering
 Supports IBM
language
localization
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software
 Underwriting
 Integrates with external data sources (e.g.
 Scoring
list of countries)
 Drop down lists for customized domain data  Rating…
 Templates facilitate new rule creation
if
the credit score of the borrower is less than 200
then
add "Credit score below 200" to the messages of the loan
reject the loan;
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Advanced Decision Tables
Actions
Built-in
Gap/Overlap
Checking
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Automatic
Rule
Generation
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Decision Trees
Values
Actions
Condition
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Built-in
Gap/Overlap
checking
Automatic Rule
generation
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Rule Authoring: Visual Decisioning Flow
 Graphical editor to model and control rule execution sequence (ruleflow)
Function
Task
Rule
Task
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Flow
Conditions
Pre/Post
Conditions
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Examples of Customer BRMS Applications
Banking
• Loan Origination
• Credit Decisioning
• Sales Advisory
• Payments
• Accounting
Insurance
• Claims Processing
• Underwriting
• Quoting
• Rating
• Commissioning
Capital
Markets
Public
Sector
• Automated Trading
• Trade Order
Management
• Accounting
• Compliance KYC /
AML
• On Boarding
• Claims Processing
• Entitlement and
Benefit calculation
• Fraud Detection
and Management
• Screening and
Targeting
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Telecom
• Offer Configuration
• Order
Management
• Fraud Detection
and Management
• Loyalty Programs
• Network Monitoring
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Transportation
and Travel
• Promotions
Management
• Loyalty Programs
• Customer Service
• Billing
• Contract
Management
Retail
• Online
recommendation
• Campaign
Management
• Order
Management
• Pricing
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Manufacturing
• Order
Management
• Billing
• Contract
Management
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Agenda
 Introduction to BRMS
 Business policies and Business rules
 Concept of operations
 IBM Websphere ILOG JRules
 IBM ILOG
JRules
for Smart Group
SOA
IBM
Software
| Lotus software
 Conclusion
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Rule Editing with Domain Specific Languages
Business Object Model
Rule Vocabulary
Developer
Business Rule Language
Rule Developer /
Business User
IT / Business
CustomerInfo
“customer”
• name
• birthday
• getNumAccidents()
• isHighRiskDriver()
•…
• the name of …
• the birthday of …
• the number of accidents of
…
• the … is a high risk driver
•…
Rule: High risk driver
if
the birthday of customer is after 12/9/1975 and
the number of accidents of customer is at least 3
then
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software
set the customer as a high risk driver
 Automatic generation
of the rule vocabulary.
“client”
 Comprehensive
industry focused
business terms
to define its data and
associated actions.
• le nom du ...
• l’anniversaire du ...
• Le nombre d’accidents du
...
• le ... est un conducteur à
risque
•…
Règle: Conducteur à risque
si
L’anniversaire du client est après le 12/9/1975 et
le nombre d’accident du client est au moins 3
alors
Classer le client comme conducteur à risque
 Localizable vocabulary
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Flexible Rule Deployment with Versioning
Rule Maintenance
Runtime
Ruleset A
RuleApp AB
Version 1.0
Rule 1
Version 1.0
Ruleset A
Version 1.0
Version 1.1
Version 2.0
(Current version)
Rule 2
Ruleset B
Version 1.0
Baselines
Ruleset
Snapshot
<Date>
IBMVersion
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RuleApp AB
1.0
Version 2.0
Version 1.1
Ruleset A
Version 2.0
Ruleset B
Ruleset B
Version 1.0
Rule 3
Version 1.0
Version 2.0
(Current version)
Rule 4
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Flexible Rule Deployment with Versioning
Rule
Query
Rule
Overriding
Rule
Lifecycle
Rule
Analysis
Rule
Permission
Rule
Hierarchy
Rule Team Server
Repository
Rule
Status
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Rule
Versioning
Rule
Reporting
Rule
Templates
Rule
Testing Simulation
Rule Governance
Business Rule Management
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Agenda
 Introduction to BRMS
 Business policies and Business rules
 Concept of operations
 IBM Websphere ILOG JRules
 IBM ILOG
JRules
for Smart Group
SOA
IBM
Software
| Lotus software
 Conclusion
April 13, 2015
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WebSphere ILOG JRules 7.1 Components
Design
Rule Studio
Development
Maintain
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Line Of Business
Rule Solutions
for Office
Rule Team Decision Validation
Server
Services
Share
Custom
Web
Applications
Rule Repository
Deploy
Production
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Transparent
Rule Execution Rules for COBOL
Decision Services
Server
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360° new features review (Release 7.1)
 Rule Team Server
 Rule Execution Server
– Intellirule editor
– New maximum idle time ruleset property
– Single-click edit in RSO without
publish/update
– Ruleset usage monitor
– Completeness report
– Permission setting on Servers
 Rule Solutions for Office
– Ruleflow editor
 Decision Validation Services
– Profiling for estimated ruleset memory size
– Ruleset caching extension point
– Ruleset Testing in RES console
 Synchronization
– WebDav support RTS-RSO synchronization
synchronization
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Lotuspushsoftware
– Domain support in Excel scenario provider
– User-defined report name
– Hyperlink on rules in test/sim report
– Side by Side Simulation (or Test Suite)
comparison
 Decision Warehouse
 Rule Studio for Java
– Rule project statistics
– Ruleflow editor convergence
– Ruleset build automation
– Intellirule editor improvements
– Rule Session MDB
– SCA component export wizard
– Decision ID support for rule session MDB,
TDS
– Eclipse 3.4 port (V7.0.2)
 JRules to .NET deployment
– WebSphere 6.1, 7.0, WebLogic 10, JBoss
4.2, 5.0 Rule Session EJB
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Rule Studio (RS)
 Eclipse-based Development Environment
• Developers
• BusinessIBM
Analysts
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Rule Studio
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RS: Low Cost of Ownership for Developers
 Ease to learn
– Familiar environment
– Project map for new users
– Follows Eclipse style and design
guidelines
 Easy to use
– Auto-completion
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| Lotus software
– Re-factoring
– Wizard-driven Java, XML, WSDL data
integration
 Productivity
– Integrated Rules and Java debugging
Rule Studio
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RS: Strong Support for Business Analysts
 Business rule modeling support
– Business Object Model
– Business vocabulary
– Templates creation
• If..then..else, Decision tables and decision
trees
– RuleFlow
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 Support for large organizations
– Modular Business Object Model
– Modular Project organization
– Semantic queries
Rule Studio
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Selective Push RS-RTS synchronization (New)
Rule Studio
(Eclipse-based)
Rule Team
Server
Select based on
• Artifact type
• Query results
Also available for headless synchronization
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| Lotus
software
[query]
: BQL Query to select
rules to be synchronized\n"
Value
• Just synchronize what needs to be updated
• Optimizes synchronization time for big rule
projects
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Increasing business logic completeness (New)
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•New in 7.1:
• Rule project completeness
checking
• Query based completeness
analysis
• Gaps detection and correction
suggestion
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RS: Integration with SD Infrastructure
 Asset Management
– JRules Projects Artifacts stored as file
– SCC Integration through Eclipse
– Reporting
 Build &IBM
Deployment
Management
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Group
| Lotus software
– Interactive
– Batch Mode
 Test Management
– Decision Validation Services
– Interactive and Batch Test Executions
Rule Studio
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Rule Team Server (RTS)
 Web-based Management Environment
• Line Of Business
• Analysts IBM Software Group | Lotus software
• Policy Manager
Rule Team
Server
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RTS: Web-based Console for Rule Maintenance
 Access rule artifacts concurrently without conflict or
delay
 Represent complex policies using rule overrides and
hierarchies
 Take control of very large rulebases
with Smart Views, easy search
and reporting
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 Get automatic notification of potential
rule conflicts, redundancies
 See where rules are used across
projects using queries
 Hot-deploy rule changes in minutes
 Secure, integrated with enterprise security facility
including single sign-on
Rule Team
Server
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RTS: Easy To Use, Easy To Learn
 Domain-specific rule vocabulary
 Simple, consistent UI metaphors
 Template support
 Wizard-based dialogs
 Guided rule
editors
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Software
Group | Lotus software
 Real-time error checking
 Online help
Rule Team
Server
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RTS: A Complete Set Of Capabilities
 Authoring
– Plain English, Decision Table,
Decision Tree
– Quick edit mode using MS Office
– Templates
 Managing
–
– Decision Validation Services
 Auditing
– Version Management
– Baseline
– Query-based
reporting
IBM
Software
Group
|
Lotus
software
Queries
– Smart Views
– Version Management
– Baseline
 Validating
– Syntactic Check
– Semantic Check
Rule Team
Server
 Testing / Simulating
– Semantic Queries
 Deploying
– Query base Extraction
– Rule service management
 Administration and configuration
– Authorization policies
– Rule Service
– Display Options
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Extended rule authoring experience (New)
Direct MS edit mode
• New in RTS 7.1:
• Direct access to MS editing
• Ruleflow edition thru Word
• Automatic synchronization
• Automatic lock of edited
elements
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One click
Decision Table in MS Excel
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Extended rule authoring experience (New)
Intellirule Rule editor in RTS
•New in RTS 7.1:
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• Guided rule writing in RTS
Group | Lotus software
• Automated text completion
• Hierarchical display
• Problem list view
• Selectable rule editors
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3rd party document repository based RTS-RSO (New)
synchronization
WebDav Support
•New in 7.1:
• WebDav integration
• Synchronization between RTS and
RSO documents stored in WebDav
compliant document repositories
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RTS: Enterprise Grade Rule Management
 3600 view of the enterprise business rules
– Project-based approach
– Meta-data support
– Smart views
– Semantic queries
 Secure
– Integrated with Enterprise security facility including single sign-on
– Role-based access
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– Version control
 Complete
– Rule creation / modification / testing & simulation / hot deployment
 Auditable
– All artifact modifications are stored and versioned
– Project Baseline can be created and restored at any time
 Designed for scalability
– RDBMS-based repository
 Internationalization (i18n)
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RTS: Ready for Customization
Out-of-the-box (OOTB) Interface
Screens and access configuration
using RTS configuration menus
Custom web interface using
JRules Web components
Personalization using
RTS customization APIs
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Customized Interface
Custom Web Interface
Rules Repository
Rule Team
Server
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Rule Execution Server (RES)
 Managed Execution Environment
• Rule Administrator
• System Administrator
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• Rule Auditor
Rule Execution
Server
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RES– High Performance and Scalability
 High performance and scalable rule execution
– Support transactional and batch rule execution
– Inference (forward-chaining) and sequential rule engine
– Cluster enabled
 Integrate with Java, XML, WSDL
 Exposes rule services as
IBM Software Group | Lotus software
– Rule Session (POJO, EJB or MDB)
– Transparent Decision Services (Web Services)
 Rule services management & monitoring
– Rule Persistence and Versioning
– Rule Execution statistics & trace
– JMX-based administration console
Rule Execution
Server
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Providing detailed ruleset usage statistics for Administrator (New)
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Better transparency
• On the usage
• On the consumption
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Support Java XOM based Ruleset and Decision Service (New)
•New in 7.1:
• Java based
ruleset can be
exposed as
Decision services
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Requires RAD 7.5 and SCA 1.0.1
SupportPac for WebSphere
Application Server 7.0
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RES: Decision Warehouse
 Included with Decision Validation
Services
 Traces decisions in production
applications
– Logs execution trace
– Input / Output data
– ExecutionIBM
resultsSoftware
Group | Lotus software
– Executed Tasks
– Rules Fired
– Queries
– Open API to connect 3rd Party BI
tools
Rule Execution
Server
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Decision Warehouse – Hyperlink to RTS
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Rule Execution
Server
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Decision Warehouse Architecture
Operational System
Reporting and Analysis
Rule Execution Server
Existing Database
Execution Components
Extension
Management Console
BORROWER
Transform
& Store
LOAN
Store Traces
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Query
Third-party BI Tool
Decision Traces
Generate Report
Historical Traces
Decision Traces
Rule Execution
Server
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Rule Solutions For Office (RSO)
 Business user rule authoring and maintenance using
Microsoft Office Word and Excel
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Rule Solutions
for Office
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• Line Of Business
• Subject Matter Expert
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RSO: Empowering Business Users
 Decision table editing in MS Excel 2007
– Automatic Spread sheet generation from RTS
– Additional DT menus in MS Excel
– Automatic Gap / Overlap detection in the spreadsheet
 Action rules
andSoftware
RuleFlow editing
in MS
Word 2007
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Group
| Lotus
software
– Automatic Document generation from RTS
– Additional Rule menus in MS Word
– Guided rule edition in Word
– Vocabulary access
Rule Solutions
for Office
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RSO: Publish Ruledocs from RTS
Publish
Rule Team
Server
Rule Solutions
for Office
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Rule Filter
Rule Organization
Locale Selection
Rule Solutions
for Office
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RSO: Editing a Decision Table in MS Excel
Decision Table Toolbar
Artifact
Properties
Gap / Overlap
Highlight
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Problem List
MS Office Excel
Rule Solutions
for Office
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Automatic rule translation
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RSO: Editing an Action rule in MS Word
Rule Toolbar
RuleDoc
Outline
Business
Vocabulary
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Problem
List
MS Office Word
Guided editor with automatic completion
Rule Solutions
for Office
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RSO: Editing a Rule Flow in MS Word (New)
Rule Toolbar
Business
Vocabulary
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Complete
Graphical
toolbar
Problem
List
Rule Solutions
for Office
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MS Office Word
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RSO: Updating Ruledocs in RTS
Update
Rule Team
Server
Rule Solutions
for Office
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Synchronization
Action
Rule Solutions
for Office
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Decision Validation Services (DVS)
 Functionality Overview
–
Out-of-the-box ruleset testing in
Rule Team Server
–
Business impact simulation in
Rule Team Server
–
Scenario configuration and
IBM Software
Group
customization
in Rule Studio
–
Audit - Decision Warehouse in
Rule Execution Server
| Lotus software
Decision Validation
Services
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DVS: Scenario Definition
Input Data
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Expected
Results
Rulset
Tests
Decision Validation
Services
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DVS: Test Suite in Rule Studio
Generated
Scenario Document
Configuration
editing
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Decision Validation
Services
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Detailed Scenario
Reports
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DVS: Test Suite in RTS
RTS Test Suite Results
Detailed Scenario
Reports
Consolidated
Results
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Individual Scenario
Result
Decision Validation
Services
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Champion and challenger capabilities (New)
• New in DVS 7.1:
• Test suite comparison
• Simulation suite comparison
• Champion and challenger scenario
• Allows what if analysis
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Side by side comparison
Today
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Decision Validation Services Architecture
Renderers
Scenario Service Provider (SSP)
Deploy Testing
Ruleset
XOM
Scenario
Scenario Provider
Run
KPI Result
Key Performance Indicator
Report
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| Lotus software
Rule Execution Server
Rule Team Server (RTS)
Deploy Extensions
Run
Rule Studio
RTS Repository
Rules
Test Suites
Simulations
Run reports
DVS Project
Decision Warehouse
Excel
Configuration
Runner
Format
Generate Extension Templates
Rules Fired
Transaction
data
Decision Validation
Services
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Rule Studio: DVS Customization
 Format customization :
– how scenario data is built
– how a test/simulation runs
– how the results are rendered
 Extension Points
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Software Group | Lotus software
– Scenario Provider –how scenario data and tests are built
– RTS Scenario Provider Renderer – It captures user input in RTS when
defining a Test Suite/Simulation
– KPI – how a KPI is computed and results are stored
– RTS KPI Result Renderer how a KPI result is rendered in RTS
Decision Validation
Services
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Customization Extension Points in DVS
JSP page
Storable KPI result
Scenario Provider
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Database
KPI
Database
Java Code
Eclipse custom
configuration
Decision Validation
Services
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Business Simulation (RTS) - Customization
Custom Scenario
Provider
Custom Reports
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Custom KPIs
Decision Validation
Services
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Agenda
 Introduction to BRMS
 Business policies and Business rules
 Concept of operations
 IBM Websphere ILOG JRules
 IBM ILOG
JRules
for Smart Group
SOA
IBM
Software
| Lotus software
 Conclusion
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JRules in the IBM SOA Reference Architecture
Rule authoring, governance,
testing and simulation
Rule Studio
Rule Team Server
for developers
for business users
Business Innovation & Optimization Services
Rule Solutions for Office
for business users
Development
Services
Interaction Services
Process Services
Information Services
IBM Software Group | Lotus software
Decision
Service
Decision
Service
Personalization
Process routing
Facilitates communication
Partner Services
ESB
Decision
Service
Data processing
IT Service
Management
Rule integration
between services
Business App Services
Access Services
Complex decision
automation
Rule Execution Server
Infrastructure Services
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Business Rules as Decision Services
ILOG JRules
Transparent Decision Service
consumer application
Rule Execution Server
SOAP
Transparent Decision Service
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Rule Engine
boolean checkEligibility (Customer cust)
Risk getScore (CreditRequest request)
Rule Execution Server allows to expose any ruleset that processes XML as a Web Service without code
deployment makes these SOA-style integrations very easy
Transparent
Decision Services
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BPM & BRMS interoperability overview
IBM ILOG JRules
BPM
Order
Validation
Order parameter
Fraud
Report parameter
Detection
Transparent
Decision
Service
Editing tools
(e.g. exception)
Exception?
Exception
Yes
handling
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Deploy rules
No
No
Yes
Order
accepted?
Order validation rules
Fraud detection rules
Review
Transparent
Decision Services
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Process
Computation rules
Rule
Repository
Order
The business logic within business processes changes
more frequently than the business processes themselves
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Integration with IBM WID/WPS
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Rule Execution
Server
ILOG connector components
Interface
Rules Repository
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Available today for v6.7
Coming soon for v7.0
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Interface
Reference
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Agenda
 Introduction to BRMS
 Business policies and Business rules
 Concept of operations
 IBM Websphere ILOG JRules
 IBM ILOG
JRules
for Smart Group
SOA
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 Conclusion
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Benefits of the ILOG BRMS
Reduced lead
times for changes
More personalized
client interactions
Fast, reliable of customer loyalty
offers, deployed directly by
business users
(retail)
2.5x improvement in acceptance
of cross-sell offers (retail banking)
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BRMS
Internal/external
compliance
Business – IT
alignment
Support of complex regulations
that vary by customer
location and product line
(insurance)
Reduced new policy
implementation by 50%
(financial services)
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ILOG JRules BRMS – Manage Change with Confidence
 Implement change in a way that is easy, safe and predictable
 Reduce the time and cost required to develop and maintain
operational systems that are affected by change
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 Provide a way for IT and Business functions to work
collaboratively on defining and updating the decision logic that
drives operational systems
 Increase the visibility of how systems use and are affected by
decision logic
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Developer Works BRMs page
Central resource for developers, architects and IT managers to share
industry knowledge, experience and best practices surrounding BRMS.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/zones/brms/
• Quick start tutorials
• Online forums, blogs
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• White papers
• Recorded webinars
• Meet the experts
• Analyst reports.
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Q&A
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