Tuesday | 2:05 PM - 3:05 PM | Chief Architect Track

SESSION TITLE

Enabling Effective Business/IT Collaboration

SPEAKER(s):

Rik Gerrits Chief Architect, CTO RuleArts

Colleen McClintock Product Manager IBM

Linda Nieporent WebSphere ILOG BRMS Product Manager IBM

MAIN FOCUS OF PRESENTATION: Business & IT

FAMILIARITY WITH SUBJECT: None

ABOUT THIS SESSION:

The business rule approach and its supporting technologies enable a new level of business/IT synergy. Business rules can be expressed, organized, and managed from a business perspective, and traceability can be maintained between the business rules and their implementation in automated business decisions. In this presentation we will demonstrate how business and IT can more effectively collaborate to achieve shared organizational objectives. What you will learn:

• Where the boundary is between the rules of the business and those of IT
• What information about rules should be exchanged between business and IT
• How IBM and RuleArts have provided an integrated approach and what’s next



ABOUT THE SPEAKER(s):

Rik Gerrits studied mathematics and business economics and is chief architect of RuleArts’ RuleXpress, a sophisticated environment aimed for business rules analysts and business end users.

Colleen McClintock is a Product Manager for IBM’s WebSphere ILOG Business Rules. She has worked on the ILOG product team for the last 10 years and prior to that managed her own consulting firm specializing in business rule modeling and implementation.

Linda Nieporent is a Product Manager for IBM’s WebSphere ILOG Business Rules. She has worked on the ILOG product management team for the past 4 years. Previously, she did consulting and training on business rules and data modeling.