rules
What If Our First Dallas Rules Group Meeting Went Great Last Night ?
Submitted by Pete Carapetyan on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 12:06.It's Not About Java, So All We Had Was Java Guys
Business Rules is about taking your if/then logic out of the [java/other] programs and giving it to the business expert guys to handle, so of course we only had java guys last night. Makes sense eh ? Actually it's been that way for years here, our java users' group is so strong that when you announce stuff there, that's where you get the stuff going.
It does actually take a java programmer to get things going most of the time, because externalizing rules for the first time really is a programmer's task. After all
What If Results Mattered In Software ?
Submitted by Pete Carapetyan on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 11:36.I used to be in an industry where results mattered, but that was only because the customer already knew what he wanted. This was 20 years ago, and I built physical things- software was just something I wrote to support the real work.
Defining Terms: "Results Matter" in this usage means that I am expected to perform against a clearly defined and understood performance benchmark. Type "abc" tile costs $4 a foot to get installed, that kind of thing.
What If Human Rules Bomb Where MetaModel and Rule of Seven Meet ?
Submitted by Pete Carapetyan on Sat, 01/26/2008 - 14:51.I am studying both disciplines here lately
- NLP ( in this case the MetaModel )
- Business Rules (a way to sort out the "if this, then that" logic that guides actions.)
No relation to each other, I just like them both.
But if I add in a third thing called the Rule of Seven it seems that humans are just not ready to do both rules and NLP in one easy operation. Pick any two
What If I Was A Seasoned Rules Programmer ?
Submitted by Pete Carapetyan on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 03:12.Like any programmer, I've been doing rules all my programming career. Every time I write an if-then statement I am writing a rule, in at least one sense of the word.
What If All This Insanity Was Just Tribalism ?
Submitted by Pete Carapetyan on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 11:36.Used to be an NPR junkie until we invaded Iraq.
Now I can't listen and enjoy it because it doesn't even seem like news any more.
blah blew up blah .... this is news ? It's news when that doesn't happen.
Stan Richards wrote a book named "Peaceable Kingdom" in which he described how he built his billion dollar company from scratch on the principle of dis-allowing tribalism. Yup. You read it right. One simple principle, a billion dollar empire. OK well maybe there was more, they are very talented folks.
