Monthly Archives: January 2017

DMN Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK)

Posted on January 24, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Any technical standard needs a Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) similar to those used by JCP (Java Community Process). “At the 2016 bpmNEXT conference we decided to form a TCK for DMN. The goal is simple: DMN offers to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Decision Models, Standards | Leave a comment

bpmNEXT-2017 on Apr 18-20 in Santa Barbara

Posted on January 14, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Now in its fifth year, bpmNEXT is the definitive showcase of the next generation of Business Process Management software – including intelligent operations, the Internet of Things, mobile case management, business decision management, automated process discovery, and goal-directed processes. This … Continue reading →

Posted in BPM, DMN, Events | Leave a comment

Measuring Customer Loyalty Index and Using It to Make Smarter Sell/Buy Decisions

Posted on January 9, 2017 by jacobfeldman

I thought DMCommunity readers will be interested to listen this informal presentation given by a real-world Data Scientist without pseudo-scientific references. One of my long-time colleagues, Igor Elbert today is VP of Data Science at Tapad. Previously he applied predictive and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Analytics | Leave a comment

Drools Now Implements DMN

Posted on January 8, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Following the announcement from last year, the popular open source Drools rules engine added full run-time support for DMN at compliance level 3 into its upcoming version 7.0. As of January/2017, the implementation is feature complete and the team is … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, DMN, Rule Engines and BRMS, Standards | Leave a comment

The “First High-Profile Deserter” from the World of AI

Posted on January 4, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

For 40 years, the Stanford professor Terry Winograd has steered the increasingly complex and meaningful interactions between humans and computers. As a graduate student at MIT in the late 1960s, Winograd wrote one of the seminal programs in the emerging discipline … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Misc | Leave a comment

Bruce Silver: Will DMN achieve BPMN adoption?

Posted on January 3, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Bruce Silver, a BPMN guru and a member of the OMG DMN task force, just published his view of the current state and future of the DMN standard. “Whether DMN can achieve adoption similar to BPMN remains an open question. Of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in DMN, Standards | Leave a comment

White-collar workers being replaced by AI?

Posted on January 3, 2017 by decisionmanagementcommunity

One Japanese insurance company, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, is reportedly replacing 34 human insurance claim workers with “IBM Watson Explorer,” starting by January 2017. The AI will scan hospital records and other documents to determine insurance payouts, according to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, BPM | Leave a comment