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     Project teams involved in BRMS deployment are often asking the following type of questions:
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         When should I use BRMS versus a&amp;nbsp;BPM?
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         How do I decide what decisions should I put into a BRE?
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         When should I use BRMS versus code?&amp;nbsp;
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     There are definitively multiple variables which could influence the decision on where to implement rules. We can start
     by looking at the BRMS value propositions, it should help to get a first set of variables:
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     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         Adaptability – Measure the ability to change the business logic easily. The motivation can be due to short deadline
         constraint, or frequent small changes or important change that may occur every month or quarter.
     &lt;/li>
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         Transparency – Represents the need to clearly implement the business logic as what was agreed upon the business
         unit and the IT team, in a way that every parties understand the logic. This is leading to express the logic in
         natural or close to natural language.
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         Auditability – Represents the ability to trace from the business motivation to the execution of the policy to
         better understand what was the logic behind a decision.
     &lt;/li>
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         Reusability – Need to share business logic across processes or applications and stay . consistent across
         applications/transactions
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         Manageability- This variable addresses the life cycle management of the business logic. Who writes what, and when,
         and all the questions related to maintenance and evolutions of the rule-based service.
     &lt;/li>
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     The purpose here is not to say it is not possible to support those variables in standard software development
     practices, but more to find some good patterns on how to decide on where to implement the business logic.
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     When looking at a business rules statement software engineer can see different possible choices of implementation like:
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     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         Data model: designing an object oriented object model involves supporting a lot of business rules. A statement like
         a mortgage application can have a primary and a secondary borrower, will be supported by two classes and a 1 to 2
         relationship. At the instantiation of those classes the control of the cardinality can be done in the application
         logic, or the database, or the GUI structure.
     &lt;/li>
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         Application code: implementing the logic in function, procedural code or methods in service layer or business
         objects.
     &lt;/li>
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         BPM process flow, tasks or links: BPM tools are addressing business process efficiency issue specifically on &quot;who
         is involved&quot;, &quot;when they should be involved&quot;. &quot;what they need to do&quot;. BPM supports manual human and automated
         actors. At a glance the business logic to implement in BPM is linked to people, task, and data to process within a
         task. When supporting purely automated tasks BPM is orchestrating the application logic and services (BPEL engine).
         BRMS complements BPM by adding the why to a BPM task, why it behaves a certain way, why this decision is done.
     &lt;/li>
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         Rule engine: &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>using predefined structure like if then else statement or
         decision table, rule flow, decision tree, function, rule template or other high level language...
     &lt;/li>
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         Graphical user interface: &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>using scripting language or server side code
         in controller class it is possible to implement data validation type of business rules.
     &lt;/li>
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     In the following paragraphs address each of different choices with their impact on the variables
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     &lt;a>&lt;font color=&quot;#0066B2&quot;>&lt;em>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>Rule in Data Model&lt;/font>&lt;/em>&lt;/font>&lt;/a>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>Rule which is controlling the structure of the model and the reference integrity
     should be in the physical data model, the O/R mapping layer or on the domain object model.&lt;/span>
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     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Rule setting constraint on relationship -
         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>like a loan application could only have two borrowers&lt;/span>
     &lt;/li>
     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Rule on the structure of the business
         entities - like this attribute is part of this object&lt;/span>
     &lt;/li>
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         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>The following facts are based on a simple
         user authentication problem, are well implemented in an object model and the supporting application code which
         create the instance from the data (O/R mapping layer or DAO or service layer):&lt;/span>
     &lt;/li>
 &lt;/ul>
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     &lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>A Company has a list of users who can login to the application&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>A Company has a list of groups of user&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>A User is part of a group&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>A group includes a list of Users&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol&quot;>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;>·&lt;span
     style=&quot;FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/span> &lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>A group has one user reference who is the creator of the group&lt;/span>
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     Terms and facts and derived attributes&amp;nbsp;are the primary constituents of data models and are represented in a UML
     class diagram, and logical data model (entities/relationship model), or a physical data model.
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>The following table lists the impact of this implementation on the previously
     defined variables&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Variables&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Evaluation&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Adaptability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Very static implementation. A change in the constraints of the object model
                         impact, data persistence, logical data model, service and presentation layers. Change is managed on
                         a monthly or yearly basis&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Transparency&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Data model represented as UML classes diagram is doing a poor job to
                         communicate to business. Entities diagram represents a more high level representation of the domain
                         model, but forces the team to maintain the link between the implementation and the business
                         representation.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Auditability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Configuration management tool, with a strict development process and
                         disciplines can help to trace back to the business motivation.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Reusability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Domain Object model can be designed as reusable. But in the reality each
                         application needs a view of the core business object model, and so part of the implemented
                         application will be to build those view.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Manageability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Configuration management tools and strict discipline can help maintain the
                         business logic.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
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     &lt;a>&lt;font color=&quot;#0066B2&quot;>&lt;em>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>Rule in application code&lt;/font>&lt;/em>&lt;/font>&lt;/a>
 &lt;/p>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Implementing business rule in application code is
     currently the most common way the IT developer is doing it. The major justifications are performance and flexibility of
     the coding language. Using hard coded if/then/else statements isn't too flexible, but in the hands of a top notch
     programmer it can be very fast and arguably as fast as or faster than a rule engine. Assuming the programmer has
     unlimited time to optimize the execution for a fixed set of rules. If the ruleset changes frequently and the system
     can't tolerate a big drop in performance, than a rule engine is the solution.&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>The following example of business rules may be
     easily implemented in code:&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span class=&quot;ISISCodeParagraphChar&quot;>&lt;font face=&quot;Courier&quot;>verify in each items the customer bought since he is customer
     with us there is at least one article of type T so that we can propose the new product Y with X % of discount, except
     if the customer is from the state of New York or New Jersey&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>.&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>We can implement this in a method which loops on
     the articles bought by a given customer and do the search. At a first analysis, navigating in a collection of objects
     and testing multiples conditions on them is easy to implement using the power of programming language.&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>One thing interesting will be the hard coding of
     the value of New York, New Jersey... If this logic change we need to add if statements in the code.&lt;/span>
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 &lt;br />
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Other type of rules are related to the control of
     the execution of a set of &quot;services&quot; to support specific use case. Dispatching, orchestration, data manipulation, … are
     better candidate to be implemented in application code. Those rules are more static, often more complex, and
     definitively linked to context of execution. The context may be too complex to expose to a rule engine.&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Orchestration are now very well supported by
     BPM-BPEL engine because the developer needs to add flexibility on the service selection and invocation.&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>The evaluation of the important variables
     is:&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;>
     &lt;table class=&quot;ISISTable&quot;
     style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-border-insideh: 1.0pt solid silver; mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid silver&quot;
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             &lt;tr style=&quot;mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes&quot;>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Variables&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 334.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid; mso-border-left-alt: solid gray 1.0pt&quot;
                  valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;446&quot;>
                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Evaluation&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Adaptability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 334.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>the necessity to change code when a business rule changes is still
                         unpleasant: software build are more efficient and cost less than before but deployment may be
                         expensive depending of the complexity of the production environment. &lt;span
                         style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Changing code under time pressure usually leads to poor
                         quality&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                     &lt;br />
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Transparency&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 334.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Poor. The logic as defined by the business is split in multiple parts of the
                         code, methods and procedures.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
             &lt;/tr>
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                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Auditability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 334.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Poor. Only strict use of configuration management tools with a strict
                         development process may help.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
             &lt;/tr>
             &lt;tr style=&quot;mso-yfti-irow: 3&quot;>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Reusability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 334.25pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>If the logic is implemented in a service layer with defined interface it may
                         be possible to reuse part of the methods.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
             &lt;/tr>
             &lt;tr style=&quot;mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes&quot;>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: silver 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: silver 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid silver 1.0pt&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Manageability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
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                 &lt;td
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Developer is
                         responsible to implement the change, and use configuration management tools and strict development
                         disciplines.&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
             &lt;/tr>
         &lt;/tbody>
     &lt;/table>
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     &lt;a>&lt;font color=&quot;#0066B2&quot;>&lt;em>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>Rule in process map&lt;/font>&lt;/em>&lt;/font>&lt;/a>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>Business process automation is the technology components substituting and/or
     supplementing manual processes to manage information flow within an organization to lower costs, reduce risk, and
     increase consistency. In this context Business rules describe the structure, operation, and strategy of an
     organization's business process. The business process definition can be seen as a business rule. Typically a rule
     involving routing of transactional data to a queue, a task, or a sub process will be most likely implemented in a
     process map. Defined at the link level business rules are linked to the structure of the process flow. Once designed
     and implemented there is few chance those rule will change. Changing a business process is most of the time risky: we
     do not want to change thing working and involving a lot of parties and stakeholders. In fact&lt;/span> new policies,
     regulations or business strategies may affect the rules without changing the core business processes.
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>A rule like: &quot;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>if there is an exception in
     the claim processing we want a supervisor to study the claim and the accumulated reasons extracted by the process so
     far&quot;&lt;/i> will most likely finish as guard on a process map link:&lt;/span>
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     &lt;img height=&quot;348&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;resources/brinbpm.bmp&quot; width=&quot;313&quot; />
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 &lt;br />
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     Task 1 will most of the time call a rule engine to take decision on the claim. One of the pattern is to accumulate all
     the possible reasons in a list. If the list include an exception or high priority reason, the process map will route to
     the &quot;Process Exception&quot; task. This task can queue the work item to a supervisor queues.
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>There are a lot tasks in a business process that are decision rich, so with a lot
     of business rule to execute before completing the task. Those rules can be executed by a rule engine. The integration
     Rule Engine – BPM will bring the value to support those cases. But as good practice it is always possible to try to
     re-arrange an activity diagram of a use case or a process map so that some activities are purely automatically executed
     in a rule engine mapped as a rule flow.&lt;/span>
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 &lt;br />
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>The variables evaluation:&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;>
     &lt;table class=&quot;ISISTable&quot;
     style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid silver 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-border-insideh: 1.0pt solid silver; mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid silver&quot;
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         &lt;thead>
             &lt;tr style=&quot;mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes&quot;>
                 &lt;td
                 style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: gray 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #f3f3f3; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1pt solid; WIDTH: 4cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1pt solid&quot;
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Variables&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
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                  valign=&quot;top&quot; width=&quot;460&quot;>
                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Evaluation&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Adaptability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Business rules hardly coded in using BPM notation is not efficient and lead
                         to complex map. The real design implementation is to mix BPM map and business rules-decision
                         delegated in a process task. In this type of implementation we can leverage the best of both
                         worlds, and the adaptability is excellent.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Transparency&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Excellent: when the integration of BPMS and BRMS is done perfectly, the
                         business and IT team have a clear understanding of the process execution and the decision done by a
                         task by studying the rules attached to the task.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Auditability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Excellent: both tools has version control, and it is possible to link
                         process map version to rule set version.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Reusability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Rules defined in a task should be expose to the other application as a
                         service. So reusability can be achieved. Rules in a BPM map are not really reusable.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Manageability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Process logic will
                         have a more stable life cycle, and it is managed in the BPMS. &lt;span
                         style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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     &lt;a>&lt;font color=&quot;#0066B2&quot;>&lt;em>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>Rule in a rule engine&lt;/font>&lt;/em>&lt;/font>&lt;/a>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>Any type of rule using a forward chaining approach will best fit in any RETE rule
     engine. To avoid long explanation a rule engine will perform very efficiently the following rules which are more
     complex to implement in code:&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
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     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>Set parameter = A / (B ^ 2)&lt;/span>
     &lt;/li>
     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>If parameter is above 30 then the risk is&lt;span
         style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span> medium&lt;/span>
     &lt;/li>
     &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt&quot;>
         &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>If the risk is medium then alert the manager&lt;/span>
     &lt;/li>
 &lt;/ul>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>If we enter a new value for A all the
     depend rules will be fired. Rules can be entered in any order we want, it is less declarative than procedural
     code.&lt;/span>
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 &lt;br />
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>Backward chaining rule pattern can also been supported by a rule engine. The rule
     system works down the tree to find the data that it requires. It will ask question to be able to infer decisions. It is
     possible to implement backward chaining with product using pure inference by&amp;nbsp;using a goal object.&lt;/span>
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     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>As we already stated one of the key factor is flexibility. We already encounter the
     following decision: &quot;This rule will not change&quot;... but in fact it will do in the future or some of related one&quot;
     .&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>We can for example take a simple example of a static rule defined as&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 1.9pt 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;>
     &lt;span class=&quot;ISISCodeParagraphChar&quot;>&lt;font face=&quot;Courier&quot;>If the status of the customer is gold and the product is
     &amp;lt;&amp;gt; then apply &amp;lt;&amp;gt; % discount&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>.&lt;/span>
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 &lt;br />
 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>This rule can be implemented within application code using some tables in a
     database that link the product, the category of possible status and the discount to apply. But when discussing with the
     business user to understand what is a gold customer? We can get other conditions that definitively will change over
     time: &quot;A customer who spend more than &amp;lt;&amp;gt; the amount of money... during the last 6 months ...No !&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span> during the last four month only for the product X because it was only available
     for 4 months!, … Okay but customer in the states {,,,,} could not be part of the gold status... Ah I forgot, ... A
     customer must have 18 years old, and by the way customer working for our company or subsidiaries could not be part of
     the gold...&lt;/span>
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 &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 3pt 0cm&quot;>
     &lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>The variables evaluation:&lt;/span>
 &lt;/p>
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                 &lt;td
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Variables&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>
                         &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;>&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;COLOR: #005da0; mso-bidi-language: HE&quot;>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Evaluation&lt;/font>&lt;/font>&lt;/span>&lt;/i>&lt;/b>
                     &lt;/p>
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                 &lt;td
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Adaptability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Excellent, rule can change quickly and be deployed quickly too&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
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                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Transparency&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Excellent: by adding meta data to implemented rule we can clearly link rule
                         to business strategies and policies&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
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                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>&lt;span
                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>Auditability&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Excellent and most of the rule engine has log mechanism to trace what were
                         the rules executed on a given transaction.&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                     &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormalCxSpMiddle&quot;>
                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Rule reports are important to the business as part of
                         documentation&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
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                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Reusability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
                     &lt;/p>
                 &lt;/td>
                 &lt;td
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Very good if the BRMS use rule repository and the rule analyst designed a
                         rule sharing approach&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt&quot;>&lt;font
                         face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;>Manageability&lt;/font>&lt;/span>
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                         style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt&quot;>Excellent as rules
                         are externalized and managed as a standalone artifact. Rule configuration management is complex,
                         and integrity between rule life cycle and rule set versioning is not a simple
                         practice.&lt;/span>&lt;/font>
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     &lt;a>&lt;font color=&quot;#0066B2&quot;>&lt;em>&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;>Rule in a graphical user interface&lt;/font>&lt;/em>&lt;/font>&lt;/a>
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     We will base the integration on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. The presentation tier handles the
     client interaction by abstracting the low-level protocol details into an event-based mechanism. The view's main
     requirement is synchronization with the model so that data displayed to the user is up to date. The controller is
     responsible to prepare the data and manage the view flow and content. Delegating the creation of content to a rule
     engine is possible but need to be done synchronously.
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     The business rule will be related to control the list of widget the GUI will present. A typical pattern is around
     product catalog application or dynamic questionnaire. The rule pattern to control the content looks like:
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     &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>If the selection on this page was &amp;lt;&amp;gt; then add this &amp;lt;&amp;gt; to the model
     used in view &amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/i>
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     A rule to control the flow of page looks like
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     &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;>If the user visited page &amp;lt;&amp;gt; (and | or page &amp;lt;&amp;gt;) then next page is
     &amp;lt;&amp;gt;&lt;/i>
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     Both rules may be enriched with business type decision based on data of the model.
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     In these pattern it is clear we need to keep the previous context of decision, and events the user created.&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span> So most of the current applications are putting the business rule in the
     controller class or in the java script of the view, but it is possible to design the controller to use a rule engine,
     as soon as the decision needs to change. This is particularly true for e-commerce web site, where marketing campaign
     can quickly be put in place by proposing product or product feature more dynamically.&lt;span
     style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span>
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