WEBINAR

Empowering Business Users to Be Active Participants in Application Development

July 1, 2009 (Wednesday) | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET) INTENDED AUDIENCE: All EXPERIENCE LEVEL: All

SPONSORED BY: Innovations Software Technology

ABOUT THIS SESSION:

Successful companies are increasingly involving business users in application development – empowering business users to be active participants rather than just passive recipients. Because business users bring business know-how and expertise to bear, those who are active participants improve both IT and business results. Traditional application development approaches and technologies exclude business users, and so a new approach is needed.

In this presentation, the speakers will discuss how a decision-centric approach and business rules technology, such as the Visual Rules Enterprise Platform, involve and include business users throughout the development process – from modeling to testing to deployment. Real-world examples will be used to show how empowering business users to be active participants in this way increases business agility, shortens time to value for new applications, and reaps great cost savings in application maintenance.

SPEAKER(s):

James Taylor CEO Decision Management Solutions

Volker Grossmann Product Manager, Visual Rules Enterprise Platform Innovations Software Technology

ABOUT THE SPEAKER(s):

James Taylor is CEO of Decision Management Solutions and works with clients to develop effective technology solutions to improve business performance. He has over 20 years experience in developing software and is the foremost thinker and writer on decision management. James was previously a Vice President at Fair Isaac Corporation and was lead author of Smart (Enough) Systems (Prentice Hall, 2007), the book he wrote with Neil Raden. James is a passionate advocate of decision management and writes a popular blog at http://jtonedm.com

James has experience in all aspects of the design, development, marketing and use of advanced technology including CASE tools, project planning and methodology tools as well as platform development in PeopleSoft’s R&D team and management consulting with Ernst and Young. He develops approaches, tools and platforms that others can use to build more effective information systems.


Volker Grossman is the product manager and principal architect for the Visual Rules Enterprise Platform. He is a specialist in business rules management, decision management and visual development. Volker is also a founding member of Innovations Software Technology, and played an integral role in Innovations’ success since its inception in 1997.