Wednesday | 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM | BPM Track

SESSION TITLE

Business Rules and Business Processes: The Evolving Synthesis

SPEAKER(s):

Paul Harmon Executive Editor BPTrends

MAIN FOCUS OF PRESENTATION: Business

FAMILIARITY WITH SUBJECT: Some

ABOUT THIS SESSION:

This talk will look at the recent evolution of business rules and business process technologies and practices. We will consider key steps in their evolution, where each is today, and how, despite a fundamentally different conceptual approach, they are likely to evolve into a common technology in the near future. This session will focus on the following:

• Key events in the evolution of rules-based thinking
• Key features of rule based approaches and methodologies
• Key features of rule based approaches and methodologies
• Key features of today’s business process methodologies
• The nature of the likely synthesis of the two approaches



ABOUT THE SPEAKER(s):

Paul Harmon is the Executive Editor and Market Analyst at BPTrends, the most trusted source of information and analysis on trends, directions and best practices in business process management, (www.bptrends.com). He is also a Co-Founder and Chief Methodologist of BPTrends Associates, a professional services company providing executive seminars, training and consulting services for organizations interested in understanding and implementing business process management. Paul is the author of the best selling book, Business Process Change, 2nd edition: He is an acknowledged BPM thought leader and noted consultant, educator, author and market analyst concerned with applying new technologies and methodologies to real-world business problems. He is a widely respected keynote speaker and has developed and delivered executive seminars, workshops, briefings and keynote addresses on all aspects of BPM to conferences and major organizations throughout the world.