How does a conservative government organization fast track a paradigm shift? One method that has worked well is to keep the change process so simple that the lure of it is irresistible. This is precisely how it happened at the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS). The paradigm shift is one towards Business Rule Management (BRM). The change process is the User-defined Function Approach (UDFA). The measurement of success was provided by Barbara von Halle, founder of Knowledge Partners, Inc (KPI).
May 23, 2005
Barbara von Halle
Business Decision Management (BDM) / Business Rules (BR)
Articles by: Barbara von Halle
Introducing a Cornerstone of the Business Rules Approach: The Rule Maturity Model
Business rules represent an important organizational knowledge asset. But this does not imply that it is appropriate for an organization to harness and manage all of its business rules in a formal way. Rather, an organization should identify the important business...
Leveraging Business Rules in a BPM World
Barbara von Halle is the founder of Knowledge Partners, a company specializing in business rule services. Her most recent book, “Business Rules Applied” is the first book to contain a systematic approach for delivering business rules systems. It was a finalist in the 2002 Jolt Awards from Software Development Magazine.