What is the “Business Rules” approach? What is its impact on the SDLC? I was recently asked these questions by an organization contemplating moving to a rules based environment. I think that these are great questions. First, the usual answer…
Business Rules Based Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Tagged with: Business rule, Business rules approach, Business rules engine, code generator
Posted in BLOG, Business Rules
Posted in BLOG, Business Rules
What Software Development SHOULD Be Like – The User Interface Rules
I have already written about the whole business rules architecture (see previous blog posts about Object, Object Interaction and UI rules). Object o Structure o Process o Data Validation Object Interaction User Interface Getting people to think in a “real”…
Tagged with: code generator, User interface, web application development
Posted in BLOG, Development
Posted in BLOG, Development
Clients vs. customers – via Seth Godin
I start my day reading Seth Godin’s blog, every day, for maybe two years now. His posts are short and often they are obvious truths. But I read them long enough that they got me to fear less, deliver more, and…
Tagged with: clients, Commercial off-the-shelf, requirements, web application development
Posted in About Dulcian, BLOG, Consulting, Development, Products
Posted in About Dulcian, BLOG, Consulting, Development, Products
What is the role of a Requirements Document?
I have heard a lot of different opinions over the years about what makes up a good requirements document. What is its value at different points in the process? How does it fit in with more modern Agile thinking? Allow…
Preparing for User Acceptance Testing
One of the things that can make user acceptance testing go horribly wrong is that the users have no idea what they are supposed to be doing. They do not know how to use the system. They do not know…
Tagged with: Project Management, template, testing, user acceptance testing, User interface, web application development
Posted in BLOG, Clients, Consulting, Development
Posted in BLOG, Clients, Consulting, Development
Thoughts on Performance Tuning
Michael Rosenblum and I are writing a book about PL/SQL performance tuning for Oracle Press. I started thinking about the “big picture” ideas that everyone should know. The following is the list that I came up with. If you have…
The Evolution of a Project into a Product
I suspect that most software products have their origins as a project. We are seeing the birth of such a product so I thought I would blog about it. Earlier I wrote a couple of posts about our next generation…
Tagged with: code generator, medical history, survey, web application development
Posted in BLOG, Consulting, Development
Posted in BLOG, Consulting, Development
Business Rules Concepts – Chapter 3: What You Need to Know About Rulebook Management
This is a review of the latest edition of Ron Ross’ Business Rules Concepts book in relationship with our thinking at Dulcian about business rules. Ron Ross offers a free download of the first two chapters of this 4th edition of his book. We previously reviewed…
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Posted in BLOG, Business Rules, Industry News, Publications
Posted in BLOG, Business Rules, Industry News, Publications
The Implementation Business Rules Manifesto
Everyone likes manifestos. They sound fun. They are short. They try to distill “the core ideas.” First, what is an “implementation rule”? Lots of people use the term “business rules,” but there are lots of different concepts that all seem…
Tagged with: Business rule, Business rules approach
Posted in BLOG, Business Rules, Dulcian News, What's New
Posted in BLOG, Business Rules, Dulcian News, What's New
Writing a Good Project Status Report
I think that weekly status reports for IT projects are a great idea. They inform the client what is going on and (just as important) keep the project manager honest about the true status of the project. Having a simple…
