The folks at BPTrends interviewed me on Decision Modeling with DMN for process modelers last year at the Building Business Capabilities conference. Here’s the video: It’s a short watch and highlights the three reasons why adding decision modeling, especially decision modeling with DMN, to your process modeling efforts is worthwhile: It reduces process complexity by externalizing decision-making into […]
This year the Building Business Capability Conference (BBCCon 2015) had a real decision management focus. Not only were there a large number of sessions on the new Decision Model and Notation (DMN) standard there were many others where a focus on decisions had been central to success. Vendor support for the new notation was evident […]
Palo Alto, CA – August 18, 2015 Leading Decision Management consulting and decision modeling software provider, Decision Management Solutions, has been cited as a “Sample Vendor” in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Business Process Management, 2015. Gartner is one of the leading independent information technology, research and advisory companies in the world. The yearly “Hype […]
The next session of our popular live online training courses in Decision Management and Decision Modeling with DMN are now posted: Introduction to Decision Management August 25-27, 2015 Decision Management allows the effective automation of decision-making combined with increased business agility and greater effectiveness. Decision Management is a proven approach for adopting business rules and predictive […]
I am giving a session at this year’s Building Business Capability conference on “Lessons Learned from the Real-Life Deployment of Decision Management at Scale“ at 8:00am on the Friday of the show. With initial success adopting decision management technologies, large, global, organizations have begun rolling out decision management and decision modeling using the new Decision Model and […]
How Decision Management Simplifies Business Processes and Improves Results Making decisions explicit and managing them in concert with processes ensures an effective separation of concerns and a more streamlined business. Decision-led process innovation results in: Simpler and more agile processes. More flexible business applications. Increased capacity for change. Improved organizational alignment. To learn more, register […]
As you may know, Tom Debevoise and I recently published The MicroGuide to Process and Decision Modeling in BPMN/DMN: Building More Effective Processes by Integrating Process Modeling with Decision Modeling. The Business Process Model and Notation, BPMN 2.0, has established itself as the dominant standard for process modeling since its release in 2011. The publication […]
Business Process Management and Decision Management are a powerful combination. Process Management is an effective tool for increasing visibility and control while delivering consistency and governance. Decision Management’s focus on operational business decisions and the use of business rules and predictive analytics to automate these is an essential building block for more impactful processes that […]
Free Live Webinar December 2, 2014 10:00 am PST, 1:00 pm EST Register here. The landscape of process modeling has evolved as have the best practices. The smartest companies are using decision modeling in combination with process modeling. The principle reason is that decisions and processes are discovered and managed in separate, yet, interrelated ways. Decision […]
We are pleased to announce a new case study. In this firsthand account, Timo Laukkanen, Process Director at the Finnish Tax Administration (FTA), describes how decision modeling has filled the gap between process models and business rules in the most extensive project ever undertaken by the FTA. Decision modeling was quick to implement and has […]