Monthly Archives: May 2025

It’s better to be approximately right than precisely wrong

Posted on May 28, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This statement is from the post by Adam DeJans Jr: “I’ve worked with many companies (from logistics to manufacturing) and one pattern stands out. There’s often too much emphasis on improving forecast accuracy, and too little thought about what really … Continue reading →

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Building Business Capability conference: June 9-12

Posted on May 26, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The Building Business Capability (BBC) conference will take place on June 9-12, 2025, Phoenix, AZ. This conference focuses on enhancing leadership skills, digital transformation, and various business methodologies, including Business Analysis and Business Architecture. AI from the Business Analyst’s perspective … Continue reading →

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The glorification of mediocrity

Posted on May 26, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Stéphane Dalbera posted on LinkedIn: There’s a troubling narrative spreading across LinkedIn:“To help beginners, we must dumb everything down.”—Strip down the language.Avoid abstractions.Stick to the bare minimum.Pretend the standard library barely exists.—Let’s call this what it is: The glorification of … Continue reading →

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Can AI Agents Replace Professional Engineering Intelligence?

Posted on May 26, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Pieter van Schalkwyk: “Most current AI agents are sophisticated chatbots with language models. They excel at content creation but cannot make professional decisions. This is like asking a talented writer to perform brain surgery.” “When Microsoft Copilot writes a maintenance … Continue reading →

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Large Companies vs Startups in the age of AI

Posted on May 21, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Andrew NG states that “large companies are slower than startups for many reasons. But why are even 3-person, scrappy teams within large companies slower than startups of a similar size? One major reason is that large companies have more to … Continue reading →

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Java at 30 Years Young

Posted on May 20, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Java turns 30 on May 23rd! Join the Java YouTube channel on May 22nd starting at 13:00 UTC for a 6-hour live stream covering Java’s evolution, its global impact, and how it shapes the future of programming. Link

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AI and Customer Service

Posted on May 17, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Over a year after claiming that its AI chatbot could do the work of 700 representatives, Klarna is turning back to people to help with customer service work. The shift highlights the need for the option to speak to a … Continue reading →

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How to determine the exact state of a business process with thousands of ongoing cases, in real-time?

Posted on May 16, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In this post, Prof. Marlon Dumas describes new techniques that efficiently compute the current state of a business process from event logs of ongoing cases. Replaying event logs interactively from any point in time, you fast-forward to any time point, … Continue reading →

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AI Protects Against Scams

Posted on May 11, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Online and phone scams, some of them powered by generative AI tools, surged in 2024 and continue to rise. Now, Google is deploying some of its latest AI models to help protect users from these threats. One such model is Gemini Nano, … Continue reading →

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Challenge May-2025 “Risky Stocks”

Posted on May 1, 2025 by jacobfeldman

You need to create a decision service that decides whether to buy certain stocks or not. Here are the guiding rules:Rule 1: Stock in debt is considered risky.Rule 2: Stocks in fusion with other stocks may be risky.Rule 3: Stock … Continue reading →

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