Sample – Business Rules Best Practices to Consider
December 26, 2012Conduct Volatility Analysis
Provide Tools for Business
People to Manage Rules
Establish Roles
Establish a Process on How to Implement Change
Business Ownership and IT Support Agreement
Acquire BRMS that Aligns Well to Your Needs
Express Rules in Clear
Structured Business English
Select a Rule Representation
Format That Fits Your Needs
A few of the best practices are highlighted here
Conduct rule volatility analysis: Not all business rules need to be managed in rule engines. In fact, it would be nearly impossible to digitize every rule. Only store and manage those rules that change often. For example, the president can only serve two terms versus a rule around bank interest rates. The first rule hasn’t changed in years.
Establish roles
Some rules are going to be managed and authored by business users, while others are going to be managed by the IT department. In other cases, business users are only going to provide input on how a rule is managed and authored. Assign roles and responsibilities regarding how each rule gets managed.
Business ownership and IT support agreement
Once roles and responsibilities are established, create a rule management contract that documents the owners, their roles, communication and dispute escalation processes, and service level agreements.