Systems Approach to Business Rules

摘要

In traditional way of information system development everything was put into code.Every time a business event occurs the decision-maker needs to look into the ‘code’ forbusiness rules to take a decision with respect to the business event. Therefore, access tothe business rules to decision-maker is a problem. Every decision-maker may not andneed not be software professional. The primary motive behind the business rulesapproach is to separate business logic from program logicSoftware engineering professionals are addressing these concerns. To understandbusiness rules approach in holistic manner and make it an effective tool for decisionmakingsoftware engineering tools are not enough when the motive is to understand thebusiness process and business dynamics and to help decision-maker take decision usingbusiness rules. This study uses systems thinking principles to address these issues. It usescognitive modeling and interpretive structural modeling to understand the businessprocess.