by Chris Berg | May 4, 2022 | AI and Machine Learning, AI and Machine Learning, All, Application Management, Automation, Automation, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Discovery, Decision Platform, Decision Platform, Digital Process Automation (DPA), Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings, Patterns & Practices, Patterns & Practices, Process, Process
Last year, I spoke at Decision Camp about practices that rapidly orient a new team and get them discovering problems in their project–like a compass orienting them toward the North Star. We covered exploring a journey, working through assumptions, stating the...
by Chris Berg | Dec 9, 2021 | Integration, Integration, JavaScript, JavaScript
Spoiler alert: this post will not declare all the virtues of the JavaScript language, such as its async programming model, node package management (npm), Node.js, client frameworks, or IDE support. But to quickly define what “enterprise JavaScript” means to me, the...
by Chris Berg | Nov 23, 2020 | All, Business Rules, Lending
I recently hunkered down to solve the APR calculation. Ever since I started working in the lending industry nearly two decades ago, I wanted to explore it but never had the time. Before I started the work, however, I asked many of our lending customers how they handle...
by Chris Berg | Jul 22, 2020 | All, Big Data, Big Data, Business Management, Business Management, Business Rules, Business Rules, JavaScript, JavaScript
Managing the reference data required by a decision is a common challenge for most rule applications. And depending upon your requirements, you have several options for storing that data, such as SQL Endpoints, cloud-based databases, and external service options. But...
by Chris Berg | Jul 1, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, AI and Machine Learning, Business Rules, Business Rules, Decision Platform, Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings
Many customers are actively exploring machine learning (ML) and are asking for some simple recipes that can get them going quickly before they make a deeper plunge. That said, here are some of the high-level areas for your planning that will make a difference. Spend...
by Chris Berg | Jul 16, 2019 | All, All, Analytics, Analytics, Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings
Looking Up Every project needs a north star. When we kick off a “Discovery Workshop” the first step is to agree what that star looks like. Getting there takes time. Our process involves taking the project team through critical assumptions—those things that if true,...
by Chris Berg | May 9, 2019 | All, All, Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings
More than half of our rule authors identify as non-developers or business analysts. That’s great news for the business since they are closest to the problem. At the same time, it makes honing your team’s rule authoring practice critical. Decisions (including all of...
by Chris Berg | Sep 18, 2018 | All, All, Business Management, Business Management, Customers, Customers, Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings, Process, Process
Not all business problems are obvious to everyone on the team. Agreeing on problem priority is equally troublesome. Decision management begins with people talking to each other about what’s important. It includes hopes, dreams and the current state of suffering. The...
by Chris Berg | Aug 8, 2018 | All, All, Business Management, Business Management, Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings, Process, Process
How a rules project is led has as much to do with its potential success as any other consideration. An effective leader can rally a team towards a series of major wins; an ineffective leader will leave a team scraping for minor victories. How you choose to lead your...
by Chris Berg | Jun 19, 2018 | Business Management, Business Management, Business Rules, Business Rules, Good Beginnings, Good Beginnings
Over the years I have interviewed many rule authors and found they come in a lot of different packages. I tend to group them into three categories: The Casual Rule Author This is one of my favorites and is the focus of InRule’s Web Authoring initiative. This person...
