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| name="rule_analyst,_gJycEBtcEdu_BZ3CL1I6hw" guid="-qlAPD9PZWcRLTERMArE6mQ" authors="Jerome Boyer" |
| changeDate="2008-10-17T16:15:37.265-0700" version="1.0.0"> |
| <mainDescription><a id="XE_rule_analyst" name="XE_rule_analyst"></a> 
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| <p>
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| A Rule Analyst is a special business analyst with a strong knowledge of how a business rule application runs and how to
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| do rule programming. In his day to day work he is helping the busines team to&nbsp;turn business policy into rules, but
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| also helps&nbsp;to clearly define the business view, or&nbsp;fact model,&nbsp;for developers to implement.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| He acts as a bridge between the business side and technical side of an application, translating business policy into a
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| formal specification (model) for developers, then validates it with&nbsp;the different business managers. With the IT
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| developer he/she will share the definition of the vocabulary used in rules, then he captures, writes, and organizes
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| business logic into business rules.<br />
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| In rule-based project his direct involvement includes at least the following activities
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| </p>
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| <ul>
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| Identifies business sponsors for issues relating to business rules.
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| </li>
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| Maintain traceability from the business policies to the executable business rules.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Assists business in identifying existing business rules.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Researches the meaning and origin of the business rules
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Create rule templates for rule writers and analyst
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Analyze rules for completeness, correctness, optimization (from a logical, not performance, perspective)
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Identify how rules are used in processes that implement business policies
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| </li>
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| Ensure the quality of the business rules
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| </li>
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| Ensure that consistent terminology is used in the business rules in order to build a common vocabulary and a domain
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| data model
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| </li>
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| Analyze business rules to identify conflicts, redundancies
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| </li>
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| Ensure consistency of business rules across functions, geographies and systems
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| </li>
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| Conduct impact analysis for revision or replacement of business rules
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| </li>
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| Integrate new or revised rules into existing rule set
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| </li>
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| Make recommendations for business rule changes based on business knowledge
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| </li>
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| Facilitate resolution of business rules issues
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| </li>
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| Act as consultant for the project team
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| </li>
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| Act as a liaison between business and IT<br />
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| </li>
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| </ul></mainDescription> |
| <skills><p>
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| He knows how a rule engine works, how to design a conceptual data model, how to do the rule discovery and analysis
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| activities.&nbsp;So analyst per formation, he needs to understand rule programming and the boolean logic.
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| </p>
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| He needs to be
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| style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt">Analytical</span>
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| style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt">Creative thinking</span>
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| style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt">Proficient with rule authoring environment</span>
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| style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt">Writing</span>
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| </p><br /></skills> |
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