A customer recently described their initial use case for InRule decision automation. At the start of the discussion, the desired implementation included interactions with Snowflake. As the conversation progressed, they expressed an interest in integrating with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, would mean...
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...
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...
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...
