by Tom Debevoise
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Can you imagine a business, government agency or nonprofit organization that does not incorporate business processes into its operation? Every enterprise mission is defined by the processes' cyclical series of operations. Computer systems support many of these processes, and systems need accurate information in order to decide what to do. These decisions, then, mediate the flow of information between the actors in the enterprise. The connection between business processes and business rules is important. In this book, successful consultant and author, Tom Debevoise explores and explains the interrelated methods of Business Process Management and the Business Rules Approach.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Business Rules Driven Process Design, 2008-11-30
I have linked business rules with process design over the past three years. The author has a different background to me as my regard for business rules derive from work in government in New Zealand and latterly - 10 years - Australia. Ten years ago I determined for a major local government authority that their approach to development and building applications was to check every cell on every table on every page on every application - very time consuming! I recommended to the CEO that this talent in development and building applications should document their knowledge from local laws in a manner that will integrate with IT based workflow in an Extranet shifting the responsibility for compliance from local government to the applicant. He immediately understood the concept and removed 1 million dollars from the business unit's budget.
The source of my interest buying this book was to determine the wider context of business rules within BPM The book has provided me with a different insight which I am grateful to encompass within my skill set.
I recommend this excellent book.
Kenneth Mortimer [...]
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Uneven approach, 2008-07-08
As a knowledgeable architect wanting SME, this did not provide much help for me. Plus: OK treatment of BPEL and reasonable examples of code. Con: Riddled with ridiculous and poor cartoon illustrations. Too many descriptions of services as probable recapitulations of author's projects. Flow diagrams disorganized. Instead of teaching a subject area, this is a 1st person memoir of uninteresting, unchallenging projects.
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 Next best thing to hands on experience, 2008-06-27
Throughout my professional life I have gained my best understanding of business principals through hands on experience with someone who has done the work before. Reading this book felt similar to such an experience.
Tom Debevoise takes realistic business goals and explains in detail how using Business Process Management and Business Rules can be used to acheive those goals. The book focuses on reaching business goals utilizing many skills relevant to both systems architects and business analysts. While some evangelists of the BPM discipline may focus only on effective use of Business Process Modeling Notation, Tom also shows what other IT tools and disciplines are still relevant for business success.
This is an excellent book for those preparing to consult in the Business Process Management space.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Awfully written, 2008-05-22
I'm sorry, perhaps I'm missing the nuggets of gold other reviwers claim to have found but I simply could not finish this. It is a complete mess of information in my opinion. Sections ramble on and continuity is completely non-existent. The level of gibberish is also extremely high in places. Take this example:
"A .NET component is an Internet service that customers access from a variety of manners including Web browsers and spreadsheets. BPM and Business Rules software enables the publication of these Web services. By publishing the Web service, your customers and trading partners easily incoporate them into your Internet services. This is know as exposing the Web service to the public." (p22)
This paragraph offers nothing to either the business or IT ends of the potential audience for this book and, in my opinion, is representative of the book as a whole.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
BPM rules with clarity, 2007-11-28
Not only did I personally find this book complete with practical information, my IT department has as well. The review is similar to what my business is experiencing and has hit the nail on the head with the approach we need to take to steer our firm into growth mode, internally and in our market. I have recommended this book to other friends as their businesses are in a similar hold pattern as our was/is and they too have commented they found this book to be a valuable resource.
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